Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

Table 5
Numbers of persons with a charge proved ¹ per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1996/97-2005/06

Type of accused		1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
All persons ²	Total ³	37	36	33	31	28	30	31	33	33	31
	Under 16 ⁴	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
	16	44	42	42	33	25	28	32	30	32	37
	17	117	110	100	92	80	79	82	83	84	83
	18	157	141	130	117	109	114	110	108	104	102
	19	138	140	122	113	102	110	114	109	103	96
	20	121	122	120	106	96	107	110	106	96	90
	21-25	96	96	91	87	80	87	92	92	89	80
	26-30	66	68	63	60	55	61	64	70	72	67
	31-40	41	41	38	36	33	35	38	41	43	41
	Over 40 ⁵	13	13	11	11	9	10	11	12	13	12
Males	Total ³	65	64	59	55	48	52	54	54	56	53
	Under 16 ⁴	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5
	16	79	74	75	60	44	51	57	56	56	65
	17	206	196	177	163	141	139	144	152	146	141
	18	285	250	228	205	193	203	193	199	182	177
	19	249	254	218	200	180	195	203	197	181	170
	20	217	216	216	185	169	191	194	187	166	158
	21-25	169	168	159	154	140	152	157	158	148	135
	26-30	114	117	110	106	96	107	111	114	121	112
	31-40	70	70	67	64	56	61	64	65	73	70
	Over 40 ⁵	22	23	21	20	16	18	19	20	22	22
Females	Total ³	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	9
	Under 16 ⁴	0.05	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.07	0.03
	16	8	7	8	6	5.0	4.9	6.0	5.3	6	7
	17	23	22	21	19	16	17	17	17	17	20
	18	29	28	29	26	24	22	23	21	23	23
	19	25	28	25	26	23	26	24	25	23	20
	20	25	27	26	26	23	22	27	25	25	20
	21-25	24	25	24	23	22	23	27	28	28	24
	26-30	19	20	17	16	16	18	20	24	24	23
	31-40	13	13	11	10	10	11	13	16	16	14
	Over 40 ⁵	3.4	3.6	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.8	3.5	4.3	4.3	4.0

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.
2 Includes sex not known; excludes companies.
3 Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.
4 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.
5 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

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