| Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997 |
| Table 9 |
| Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Theft, 1997 |
Sheriff Court |
Percent custody |
Percent community service |
Percent probation |
Percent fined |
Percent other |
Persons with charge proved (=100%) |
Average fine(1) (£) |
Average length of custody(2) (days) |
| Aberdeen | 33 |
16 |
21 |
20 |
10 |
219 |
188 |
99 |
| Airdrie | 29 |
7 |
19 |
39 |
7 |
107 |
199 |
104 |
| Alloa | 26 |
2 |
12 |
35 |
26 |
43 |
233 |
91 |
| Arbroath | 13 |
13 |
26 |
29 |
19 |
31 |
244 |
137 |
| Ayr | 26 |
10 |
17 |
29 |
18 |
93 |
134 |
107 |
| Banff | 100 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
91 |
| Campbeltown | - |
22 |
22 |
44 |
11 |
9 |
188 |
- |
| Cupar | 29 |
15 |
24 |
32 |
- |
34 |
298 |
76 |
| Dingwall | 36 |
18 |
9 |
27 |
9 |
11 |
153 |
144 |
| Dornoch | - |
- |
- |
- |
100 |
2 |
- |
- |
| Dumbarton | 39 |
7 |
15 |
26 |
13 |
89 |
166 |
85 |
| Dumfries | 39 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
8 |
79 |
158 |
113 |
| Dundee | 26 |
12 |
12 |
36 |
14 |
116 |
205 |
84 |
| Dunfermline | 15 |
7 |
25 |
41 |
12 |
68 |
239 |
118 |
| Dunoon | 27 |
5 |
14 |
41 |
14 |
22 |
200 |
86 |
| Duns | - |
20 |
20 |
- |
60 |
5 |
- |
- |
| Edinburgh | 26 |
15 |
13 |
39 |
7 |
334 |
231 |
97 |
| Elgin | 21 |
16 |
21 |
16 |
26 |
38 |
208 |
102 |
| Falkirk | 26 |
6 |
10 |
31 |
27 |
81 |
227 |
74 |
| Forfar | 14 |
29 |
14 |
29 |
14 |
14 |
288 |
152 |
| Fort William | 42 |
- |
4 |
42 |
13 |
24 |
147 |
123 |
| Glasgow | 29 |
11 |
16 |
29 |
16 |
339 |
182 |
99 |
| Greenock | 47 |
7 |
21 |
16 |
9 |
148 |
228 |
93 |
| Haddington | 21 |
4 |
25 |
17 |
33 |
24 |
144 |
73 |
| Hamilton | 26 |
13 |
13 |
38 |
10 |
172 |
278 |
101 |
| Inverness | 30 |
16 |
13 |
40 |
1 |
80 |
162 |
78 |
| Jedburgh | 10 |
10 |
18 |
28 |
35 |
40 |
259 |
106 |
| Kilmarnock | 38 |
7 |
9 |
41 |
6 |
232 |
263 |
97 |
| Kirkcaldy | 26 |
14 |
14 |
37 |
9 |
102 |
200 |
96 |
| Kirkcudbright | 44 |
19 |
6 |
31 |
- |
16 |
370 |
139 |
| Kirkwall | 12 |
6 |
18 |
41 |
24 |
17 |
114 |
106 |
| Lanark | 26 |
17 |
9 |
43 |
4 |
23 |
203 |
65 |
| Lerwick | 30 |
- |
10 |
30 |
30 |
10 |
142 |
81 |
| Linlithgow | 22 |
9 |
7 |
52 |
10 |
89 |
203 |
98 |
| Lochmaddy | - |
67 |
- |
33 |
- |
3 |
200 |
- |
| Oban | 11 |
11 |
4 |
26 |
48 |
27 |
257 |
113 |
| Paisley | 30 |
13 |
10 |
32 |
15 |
110 |
298 |
108 |
| Peebles | 17 |
17 |
33 |
33 |
- |
6 |
275 |
60 |
| Perth | 35 |
9 |
16 |
30 |
11 |
57 |
214 |
89 |
| Peterhead | 24 |
12 |
10 |
36 |
19 |
42 |
212 |
109 |
| Portree | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Rothesay | - |
17 |
- |
83 |
- |
6 |
170 |
- |
| Selkirk | 18 |
9 |
9 |
36 |
27 |
11 |
206 |
122 |
| Stirling | 23 |
10 |
7 |
37 |
22 |
94 |
182 |
109 |
| Stonehaven | 21 |
- |
14 |
50 |
14 |
14 |
141 |
111 |
| Stornoway | 9 |
18 |
18 |
55 |
- |
11 |
208 |
61 |
| Stranraer | 24 |
22 |
20 |
24 |
9 |
45 |
386 |
149 |
| Tain | 30 |
- |
- |
60 |
10 |
10 |
129 |
111 |
| Wick | 24 |
8 |
32 |
36 |
- |
25 |
289 |
81 |
| Scotland | 29 |
11 |
15 |
33 |
13 |
3,174 |
218 |
98 |
| (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 |