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Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

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Table 10
Persons receiving a custodial sentence by main crime/offence and length of sentence, 2005/06

Main crime or offence

Total 1

Up to
3 months

Over 3
months to
6 months


Over 6
months to
2 years

Over 2
years to
less than
4 years

4 years
and
over

Life

Indeterminate
Detention

Average
length of
sentence
(days) 2

Up to
3 months

(Percentages)

Over 2
years to
less than
4 years

4 years
and over
including
life etc

Over 3
months to
6 months

Over 6
months
to 2 years

All crimes and offences

15,944

9,075

4,128

1,803

459

426

43

6

206

57

26

11

3

3

All crimes

9,844

5,093

2,632

1,254

405

411

41

6

260

52

27

13

4

5

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,048

78

98

443

163

222

37

6

894

7

9

42

16

25

Homicide

91

-

-

9

10

30

36

6

1,946

-

-

10

11

79

Serious assault and attempted murder

598

21

39

295

112

130

-

-

919

4

7

49

19

22

Robbery

295

36

49

123

37

49

1

-

705

12

17

42

13

17

Other

64

21

10

16

4

13

-

-

718

33

16

25

6

20

Crimes of indecency

224

41

11

68

33

67

4

-

1,036

18

5

30

15

32

Rape and attempted rape

54

-

-

3

9

38

4

-

2,175

-

-

6

17

78

Indecent assault

20

3

5

9

2

1

-

-

523

15

25

45

10

5

Lewd and indecent behaviour

111

31

2

44

18

16

-

-

663

28

2

40

16

14

Other

39

7

4

12

4

12

-

-

901

18

10

31

10

31

Crimes of dishonesty

5,023

2,821

1,795

354

47

6

-

-

124

56

36

7

1

*

Housebreaking

883

290

395

169

29

-

-

-

195

33

45

19

3

-

Theft by opening a lockfast place

324

155

149

18

1

1

-

-

124

48

46

6

*

*

Theft of a motor vehicle

214

119

85

9

1

-

-

-

111

56

40

4

*

-

Shoplifting

2,283

1,491

749

39

3

1

-

-

93

65

33

2

*

*

Other theft

802

447

293

55

4

3

-

-

125

56

37

7

*

*

Fraud

154

77

37

34

5

1

-

-

194

50

24

22

3

1

Other

363

242

87

30

4

-

-

-

124

67

24

8

1

-

Fire-raising, vandalism etc.

416

309

65

34

7

1

-

-

124

74

16

8

2

*

Fire-raising

59

21

7

25

5

1

-

-

342

36

12

42

8

2

Vandalism etc.

357

288

58

9

2

-

-

-

88

81

16

3

1

-

Other crimes

3,133

1,844

663

355

155

115

-

-

237

59

21

11

5

4

Crimes against public justice

1,274

1,081

144

41

5

3

-

-

82

85

11

3

*

*

Handling an offensive weapon

882

472

361

46

2

1

-

-

117

54

41

5

*

*

Drugs

929

262

147

260

148

111

-

-

567

28

16

28

16

12

Other

48

29

11

8

-

-

-

-

160

60

23

17

-

-

All offences

6,100

3,982

1,496

549

54

15

2

-

121

65

25

9

1

*

Miscellaneous offences

4,998

3,571

1,037

324

48

14

2

-

113

71

21

6

1

*

Common assault

1,743

953

597

164

24

3

1

-

138

55

34

9

1

*

Breach of the peace

1,593

1,389

162

35

4

2

1

-

79

87

10

2

*

*

Drunkenness

5

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

30

100

-

-

-

-

Breach of social work orders

1,463

1,123

237

96

6

-

-

-

97

77

16

7

*

-

Other

194

101

41

29

14

9

-

-

289

52

21

15

7

5

Motor vehicle offences

1,102

411

459

225

6

1

-

-

157

37

42

20

1

*

Dangerous and careless driving

128

35

43

45

5

-

-

-

236

27

34

35

4

-

Drunk driving

165

86

75

3

1

-

-

-

115

52

45

2

1

-

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

803

286

339

177

-

1

-

-

154

36

42

22

-

*

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

6

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

77

-

-

-

-

-

1 Includes a small number of cases where sentence length is unknown
2 Excludes life sentences and indeterminate detention. Average sentence length figures for some categories may be underestimated slightly due to late recording of some High Court disposals on SCRO.

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