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

Table 5
Sentencing in Stipendiary Magistrates Court, 2004/05

Main Crime/Offence	Per cent custody	Per cent community service	Per cent probation	Per cent fined	Per cent admonished	Per cent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine ⁽¹⁾(£)	Average length of custody ⁽²⁾ (days
Violence/indecency	8	-	-	69	23	-	13	144	60
Housebreaking	14	14	14	57	-	-	7	244	60
Theft	51	1	3	35	10	*	948	221	106
Other dishonesty	27	-	2	59	12	-	130	215	80
Criminal damage	11	2	8	70	8	2	103	219	74
Handling offensive weapons	13	2	3	71	11	*	642	227	91
Drugs offences	2	1	1	79	16	1	106	147	30
Other crimes	5	-	2	72	21	-	109	215	63
Simple assault	17	1	2	70	9	*	562	266	104
Breach of the peace	14	1	*	68	16	1	666	191	67
Other miscellaneous offences	15	4	4	41	32	5	111	190	66
Dangerous/careless driving	*	1	*	95	3	-	222	262	152
Speeding	-	-	-	99	1	-	187	242	-
Unlawful use of vehicle	2	1	*	87	9	*	1,837	235	106
Other motor vehicle offences	2	*	*	93	5	-	673	362	67
All crimes and offences	14	1	1	73	10	*	6,316	247	97

(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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