cp(s)a section 306: Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 2004/05

Table 11
Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Common Assault, 2004/05

Sheriff Court	Per cent custody	Per cent community service	Per cent probation	Per cent fined	Per cent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine ⁽¹⁾ (£)	Average length of custody ⁽²⁾ (days)
Aberdeen	14	5	13	54	14	494	259	104
Airdrie	13	9	18	43	17	418	320	137
Alloa	7	8	23	48	14	145	208	103
Arbroath	7	7	16	42	28	152	206	89
Ayr	15	8	16	37	24	441	274	94
Banff	9	7	11	64	9	45	266	68
Campbeltown	16	11	7	50	16	56	268	72
Cupar	6	12	7	58	16	97	166	66
Dingwall	15	11	9	60	5	55	318	114
Dornoch	-	-	21	64	14	14	433	-
Dumbarton	14	12	14	41	18	221	211	92
Dumfries	10	9	12	45	23	222	293	103
Dundee	12	10	11	42	25	430	255	95
Dunfermline	11	5	11	48	25	266	219	104
Dunoon	7	2	35	40	16	57	227	137
Duns	-	31	3	34	31	29	223	-
Edinburgh	16	8	14	45	17	948	279	105
Elgin	8	9	2	62	19	283	477	130
Falkirk	6	5	12	39	39	390	197	95
Forfar	8	10	13	42	27	104	270	87
Fort William	11	9	9	57	14	65	403	100
Glasgow	14	7	17	39	23	1,475	249	105
Greenock	17	8	9	41	25	185	299	89
Haddington	13	19	9	28	31	104	274	117
Hamilton	13	6	14	42	26	790	305	113
Inverness	11	8	11	52	18	295	306	115
Jedburgh	7	19	5	51	19	118	228	53
Kilmarnock	15	10	8	56	13	502	286	114
Kirkcaldy	10	7	9	52	22	337	239	117
Kirkcudbright	6	27	-	42	24	33	296	61
Kirkwall	3	-	5	45	48	40	284	152
Lanark	15	16	17	29	23	118	308	96
Lerwick	18	3	23	40	18	40	266	101
Linlithgow	17	4	15	48	16	289	259	72
Lochmaddy	-	-	20	80	-	5	700	-
Oban	2	-	10	69	19	52	301	122
Paisley	14	8	14	45	19	355	311	106
Peebles	10	10	-	60	20	20	333	107
Perth	21	11	11	44	11	227	298	102
Peterhead	9	1	14	65	11	74	289	113
Portree	21	14	7	50	7	14	257	91
Rothesay	3	7	17	37	37	30	226	60
Selkirk	14	10	4	42	30	111	219	108
Stirling	17	6	12	55	11	275	276	116
Stonehaven	12	-	20	64	4	25	297	112
Stornoway	19	6	15	37	23	52	433	121
Stranraer	21	8	7	56	7	135	322	99
Tain	17	11	12	36	24	100	292	120
Wick	21	5	7	34	32	56	482	114
Scotland	13	8	13	46	21	10,789	279	105

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved.

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