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Table 1
Summary of known action, 1996/97-2005/06
| Thousands |
1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 |
|---|
Crimes and offences recorded by the police |
|---|
Crimes 1 | 441 | 421 | 434 | 435 | 418 | 426 | 418 | 414 | 438 | 418 |
|---|
Offences | 460 | 496 | 520 | 499 | 495 | 526 | 518 | 608 | 633 | 594 |
|---|
Crimes and offences cleared up by the police |
|---|
Crimes 1 | 162 | 167 | 187 | 188 | 186 | 191 | 193 | 196 | 195 | 191 |
|---|
Offences | 438 | 480 | 502 | 478 | 473 | 504 | 495 | 584 | 589 | 552 |
|---|
Crimes and offences dealt with by: |
|---|
Offence referrals to Reporter to Children's Panel 2 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 38 |
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Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme | 28 5 | 31 5 | 35 5 | 31 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
|---|
Police conditional offers (Motor vehicle Offences) | 124 | 124 | 152 | 168 | 160 | 175 | 161 | 231 | 281 | 241 |
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Procurator Fiscal action 6 |
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Total reports received 3 | 282 | 289 | 295 | 286 | 281 | 276 | 308 | 325 | 328 | 339 |
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Fiscal warnings | 19 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 32 | 33 |
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Conditional offers (Motor vehicle offences) 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
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Fiscal fines 4 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 30 | 23 | 18 |
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Diversion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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No proceedings | 38 | 35 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 51 | 44 | 61 | 49 |
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Persons proceeded against in court | 174 | 171 | 156 | 148 | 132 | 140 | 138 5 | 147 5 | 149 5 | 142 5 |
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1 Excludes the offence of offending while on bail, which ceased to be a separate offence from April 1996.
2 Includes referrals from the procurator fiscal; a referral may relate to more than one offence.
3 Includes reports on deaths etc.
4 From 1 April 1996, these figures relate to offers accepted rather than offers made.
5 Includes estimated data.
6 Figures shown for 1996/97 and 1997/98 are for calendar years 1996 and 1997.
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