Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Table 4(b)

: Persons with a charge proved by main crime/offence, 1997/08-2006/07

Index: 1997/98=100

Main Crime or Offence	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07 ¹
All crimes and offences	100	92	86	76	81	86	89	90	89	93
All crimes	100	96	88	83	88	89	90	93	90	97
Non-sexual crimes of violence	100	98	98	97	103	117	127	119	120	116
Homicide	100	88	101	96	99	95	126	138	103	100
Serious assault and attempted murder	100	100	101	105	113	131	142	132	150	138
Robbery	100	98	99	91	94	102	103	92	76	77
Other	100	96	81	80	83	104	131	130	118	137
Crimes of indecency	100	96	59	48	46	42	50	61	64	63
Rape and attempted rape	100	105	87	95	122	100	105	125	111	82
Indecent assault	100	91	92	66	53	71	102	96	92	90
Lewd and indecent behaviour	100	93	88	75	87	80	87	94	93	90
Other	100	98	42	32	24	20	26	40	46	48
Crimes of dishonesty	100	98	90	81	85	86	79	78	71	73
Housebreaking	100	97	90	84	84	87	79	75	65	64
Theft by opening a lockfast place	100	91	83	78	76	75	66	62	49	47
Theft of a motor vehicle	100	94	77	71	69	74	63	55	49	51
Shoplifting	100	103	106	100	114	121	111	115	112	117
Other theft	100	99	86	73	72	64	60	61	54	56
Fraud	100	96	80	73	74	73	72	68	63	59
Other	100	92	76	63	64	65	58	56	48	49
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	100	94	82	81	83	86	98	103	103	111
Fire-raising	100	112	91	97	112	131	151	171	171	223
Vandalism, etc	100	94	81	81	82	85	96	102	101	109
Other crimes	100	94	89	86	95	96	106	115	117	136
Crimes against public justice	100	94	90	97	103	99	104	113	113	141
Handling an offensive weapon	100	94	97	108	121	128	132	159	161	163
Drugs	100	95	85	73	82	84	100	104	105	122
Other	100	61	50	22	43	52	65	67	237	437
All offences	100	90	85	73	78	84	89	89	88	91
Miscellaneous offences	100	86	75	73	76	81	87	93	97	103
Common assault	100	94	86	83	87	94	99	109	116	124
Breach of the peace	100	89	72	67	72	74	78	84	87	93
Drunkenness	100	67	48	46	40	39	45	33	31	28
Breach of social work orders	100	112	124	122	120	131	135	141	122	129
Other	100	60	46	53	54	60	72	80	86	90
Motor vehicle offences	100	93	93	73	81	86	91	86	82	81
Dangerous and careless driving	100	82	75	56	73	79	90	83	79	82
Drunk driving	100	89	90	77	80	116	100	98	98	99
Speeding	100	106	125	77	82	80	104	111	100	110
Unlawful use of vehicle	100	93	85	80	93	96	98	83	73	67
Vehicle defect offences	100	77	65	41	39	47	58	56	52	53
Other	100	90	90	65	71	59	58	51	69	64

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 at SPSA - see Annexe note B2.

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