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Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997

Table 8

Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Housebreaking, 1997

Sheriff Court	Percent custody	Percent community service	Percent probation	Percent fined	Percent other	Persons with charge proved (=100%)	Average fine⁽¹⁾ (Ł)	Average length of custody⁽²⁾ (days)

Aberdeen	50	11	20	10	9	320	167	108
Airdrie	32	11	9	34	14	44	252	96
Alloa	35	15	18	26	6	34	178	91
Arbroath	26	4	26	22	22	27	258	119
Ayr	27	16	22	20	15	108	205	120
Banff	30	10	10	30	20	10	87	71
Campbeltown	33	-	-	33	33	3	200	60
Cupar	50	25	17	8	-	12	300	101
Dingwall	27	27	18	27	-	11	183	121
Dornoch	-	-	-	100	-	2	425	-
Dumbarton	54	7	5	20	13	83	204	96
Dumfries	31	25	29	4	10	48	125	107
Dundee	38	15	22	17	9	150	191	110
Dunfermline	37	8	28	21	6	103	251	114
Dunoon	29	-	29	29	14	7	150	76
Duns	60	20	20	-	-	5	-	91
Edinburgh	37	10	18	23	12	257	222	112
Elgin	33	23	14	9	21	43	138	126
Falkirk	44	9	19	9	20	70	171	99
Forfar	34	7	24	21	14	29	458	94
Fort William	13	-	-	88	-	8	271	182
Glasgow	46	14	14	15	11	467	190	119
Greenock	42	8	20	15	14	71	209	126
Haddington	39	14	32	4	11	28	150	135
Hamilton	20	14	12	39	14	90	347	142
Inverness	30	14	30	19	8	37	175	127
Jedburgh	19	24	24	10	24	21	500	137
Kilmarnock	148	12	10	22	7	97	285	119
Kirkcaldy	49	10	18	18	4	181	210	117
Kirkcudbright	-	30	30	30	10	10	350	-
Kirkwall	-	20	20	20	40	5	150	-
Lanark	25	25	-	50	-	4	150	182
Lerwick	21	7	21	36	14	14	145	111
Linlithgow	32	9	8	36	15	95	259	112
Lochmaddy	-	-	-	100	-	2	150	-
Oban	25	-	13	13	50	8	300	137
Paisley	39	7	19	20	15	128	287	113
Peebles	-	67	-	33	-	3	200	-
Perth	32	15	22	22	10	41	194	117
Peterhead	25	15	15	27	18	55	199	108
Portree	-	-	-	100	-	1	250	-
Rothesay	33	33	-	33	-	3	170	91
Selkirk	36	9	18	18	18	11	275	84
Stirling	30	3	13	28	28	40	179	109
Stonehaven	14	14	21	43	7	14	68	91
Stornoway	44	-	44	13	-	16	200	109
Stranraer	40	16	12	32	-	25	497	124
Tain	31	31	31	-	8	13	-	106
Wick	27	18	27	-	27	11	-	66
Scotland	39	12	18	19	12	2,865	230	113

(1) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(2) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved.