Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

Table 4(b)
Persons with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 1996/07-2005/06
Index: 1996/97=100

Main Crime or Offence	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06 ¹
All crimes and offences	100	99	91	85	75	80	84	88	89	85
All crimes	100	96	93	85	79	84	86	87	89	83
Non-sexual crimes of violence	100	102	100	100	99	104	119	129	121	104
Homicide	100	87	77	88	84	84	83	106	118	87
Serious assault and attempted murder	100	109	109	110	114	123	143	154	144	133
Robbery	100	93	91	92	84	87	95	95	84	61
Other	100	110	105	89	88	91	114	144	143	124
Crimes of indecency	100	142	136	84	67	65	60	71	86	89
Rape and attempted rape	100	96	102	84	91	118	95	100	119	104
Indecent assault	100	136	124	125	90	72	97	139	131	125
Lewd and indecent behaviour	100	117	110	103	88	102	93	101	110	108
Other	100	161	157	68	51	39	32	42	63	73
Crimes of dishonesty	100	94	92	85	77	80	81	74	73	65
Housebreaking	100	85	82	77	72	72	74	67	64	53
Theft by opening a lockfast place	100	82	75	68	64	63	61	55	51	39
Theft of a motor vehicle	100	87	81	66	62	60	64	55	47	41
Shoplifting	100	102	105	108	102	116	123	113	117	110
Other theft	100	97	96	83	71	70	63	58	59	51
Fraud	100	102	98	82	74	76	75	74	69	61
Other	100	94	86	71	59	60	61	54	52	44
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	100	93	88	76	76	78	81	91	96	92
Fire-raising	100	77	86	70	75	86	101	115	132	118
Vandalism, etc	100	94	88	77	76	78	80	91	95	91
Other crimes	100	97	91	86	83	92	93	103	111	109
Crimes against public justice	100	78	73	70	75	80	77	81	88	85
Handling an offensive weapon	100	94	88	92	101	114	120	125	149	147
Drugs	100	117	111	100	86	96	99	118	122	118
Other	100	124	76	62	27	54	65	78	84	289
All offences	100	100	89	84	72	78	84	89	89	86
Miscellaneous offences	100	100	86	75	73	76	81	87	94	93
Common assault	100	100	94	87	83	87	95	99	110	113
Breach of the peace	100	100	89	73	68	72	75	78	84	85
Drunkenness	100	91	61	44	42	36	36	41	30	28
Breach of social work orders	100	115	129	144	141	138	152	156	163	127
Other	100	97	58	44	51	52	58	70	77	79
Motor vehicle offences	100	99	92	92	72	80	86	90	85	79
Dangerous and careless driving	100	95	78	71	53	69	75	85	79	74
Drunk driving	100	98	87	88	75	78	114	98	96	94
Speeding	100	101	107	126	78	82	81	105	111	100
Unlawful use of vehicle	100	101	94	85	80	93	97	98	84	72
Vehicle defect offences	100	99	77	64	40	39	47	58	56	51
Other	100	96	86	86	63	68	57	56	49	65

1 Figures for some categories dealt with by the High Court - including homicide, rape and major drug cases - may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of disposals on SCRO.

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