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

Table 16
Custodial Sentence Lengths in Sheriff Summary Courts, 2001/02 to 2004/05

Sheriff Court	Per cent given custody				Average length (days) ⁽¹⁾				Number given custody
Sheriff Court	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2004/05
Aberdeen	15	14	13	17	95	98	92	91	751
Airdrie	14	14	13	15	108	105	110	111	390
Alloa	17	26	18	8	79	73	82	85	99
Arbroath	11	10	11	8	76	83	85	92	84
Ayr	25	23	20	21	86	84	87	81	629
Banff	12	6	6	9	93	106	90	92	34
Campbeltown	14	6	11	13	88	90	68	77	33
Cupar	14	7	7	9	105	107	102	76	60
Dingwall	11	9	7	7	112	97	84	97	35
Dornoch	10	8	6	5	114	113	80	109	7
Dumbarton	20	17	17	18	87	91	86	96	369
Dumfries	13	14	12	9	99	96	92	101	256
Dundee	20	19	16	19	69	74	75	80	805
Dunfermline	10	9	17	14	110	115	98	93	268
Dunoon	7	6	4	3	107	103	130	127	11
Duns	11	9	11	5	93	66	90	63	15
Edinburgh	18	17	17	15	98	104	98	93	1,182
Elgin	11	13	10	9	95	93	104	112	123
Falkirk	16	17	13	12	77	77	77	77	319
Forfar	13	11	9	10	71	79	79	83	85
Fort William	11	13	11	12	133	94	88	85	52
Glasgow	19	21	19	18	102	97	101	96	1,589
Greenock	26	24	21	21	97	92	93	93	357
Haddington	8	10	11	13	114	106	114	94	109
Hamilton	13	14	13	15	105	101	103	101	830
Inverness	13	10	13	11	96	91	97	93	239
Jedburgh	18	13	16	17	77	82	79	83	129
Kilmarnock	28	24	20	19	112	109	104	101	773
Kirkcaldy	13	10	12	16	112	110	116	109	452
Kirkcudbright	18	12	11	14	107	99	112	123	49
Kirkwall	8	4	3	4	147	125	96	85	9
Lanark	9	9	11	15	96	84	85	76	151
Lerwick	10	4	6	9	73	113	98	74	31
Linlithgow	12	11	12	16	96	92	90	70	342
Lochmaddy	23	16	13	10	115	94	87	85	8
Oban	9	10	16	11	89	99	77	84	40
Paisley	20	18	17	16	111	108	102	105	471
Peebles	10	11	11	14	95	84	89	102	25
Perth	14	13	14	13	89	92	87	100	303
Peterhead	11	12	11	10	101	99	99	88	86
Portree	1	3	4	12	91	91	68	75	13
Rothesay	24	13	5	10	79	67	131	89	15
Selkirk	18	19	13	17	86	79	90	78	112
Stirling	12	13	11	13	116	103	101	93	248
Stonehaven	6	5	1	3	110	114	95	98	11
Stornoway	7	9	14	17	101	129	94	116	41
Stranraer	19	15	15	16	103	110	113	99	163
Tain	16	16	17	14	100	95	107	90	78
Wick	10	10	10	14	93	96	80	104	50
Scotland ⁽³⁾	16	16	15	15	97	96	95	94	12,331

(1) Average of total sentence imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Includes court place not known.

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