| Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997 |
| Table 11 |
| Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Simple Assault, 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 | 12 |
8 |
6 |
62 |
12 |
408 |
217 |
85 |
| Airdrie | 11 |
5 |
11 |
57 |
17 |
175 |
259 |
139 |
| Alloa | 18 |
10 |
7 |
55 |
10 |
88 |
301 |
87 |
| Arbroath | 14 |
8 |
12 |
54 |
11 |
122 |
230 |
80 |
| Ayr | 10 |
12 |
5 |
51 |
22 |
358 |
191 |
94 |
| Banff | 3 |
3 |
- |
77 |
17 |
35 |
306 |
182 |
| Campbeltown | 11 |
3 |
6 |
67 |
14 |
36 |
429 |
106 |
| Cupar | 14 |
16 |
20 |
46 |
3 |
69 |
256 |
82 |
| Dingwall | 27 |
17 |
2 |
49 |
5 |
41 |
286 |
103 |
| Dornoch | 11 |
- |
- |
78 |
11 |
9 |
379 |
122 |
| Dumbarton | 13 |
7 |
8 |
51 |
20 |
167 |
231 |
106 |
| Dumfries | 9 |
11 |
11 |
54 |
14 |
132 |
228 |
78 |
| Dundee | 17 |
17 |
11 |
40 |
14 |
252 |
227 |
94 |
| Dunfermline | 10 |
10 |
12 |
53 |
15 |
249 |
250 |
121 |
| Dunoon | 26 |
17 |
19 |
24 |
14 |
58 |
244 |
84 |
| Duns | 5 |
16 |
- |
58 |
21 |
19 |
527 |
91 |
| Edinburgh | 14 |
8 |
11 |
56 |
11 |
1,011 |
226 |
112 |
| Elgin | 13 |
10 |
11 |
49 |
16 |
188 |
338 |
112 |
| Falkirk | 10 |
3 |
11 |
45 |
30 |
210 |
199 |
85 |
| Forfar | 7 |
9 |
15 |
52 |
17 |
46 |
180 |
123 |
| Fort William | 18 |
14 |
4 |
47 |
17 |
72 |
353 |
146 |
| Glasgow | 21 |
10 |
9 |
41 |
19 |
889 |
224 |
116 |
| Greenock | 24 |
12 |
7 |
30 |
26 |
184 |
303 |
136 |
| Haddington | 14 |
15 |
10 |
32 |
29 |
72 |
228 |
100 |
| Hamilton | 13 |
10 |
12 |
47 |
18 |
466 |
269 |
121 |
| Inverness | 14 |
14 |
10 |
53 |
10 |
192 |
221 |
89 |
| Jedburgh | 20 |
19 |
5 |
31 |
25 |
59 |
411 |
119 |
| Kilmarnock | 14 |
9 |
4 |
65 |
8 |
454 |
332 |
113 |
| Kirkcaldy | 14 |
6 |
8 |
61 |
11 |
216 |
233 |
107 |
| Kirkcudbright | 7 |
5 |
16 |
60 |
12 |
43 |
328 |
152 |
| Kirkwall | 10 |
13 |
13 |
37 |
27 |
30 |
155 |
121 |
| Lanark | 15 |
13 |
10 |
46 |
16 |
134 |
271 |
102 |
| Lerwick | 11 |
9 |
20 |
40 |
20 |
35 |
238 |
68 |
| Linlithgow | 10 |
6 |
10 |
61 |
14 |
271 |
232 |
99 |
| Lochmaddy | 7 |
13 |
- |
73 |
7 |
15 |
241 |
182 |
| Oban | 8 |
10 |
4 |
63 |
14 |
49 |
258 |
99 |
| Paisley | 15 |
8 |
9 |
57 |
11 |
344 |
353 |
92 |
| Peebles | 14 |
7 |
14 |
64 |
- |
14 |
356 |
75 |
| Perth | 26 |
6 |
15 |
41 |
13 |
157 |
243 |
115 |
| Peterhead | 11 |
9 |
9 |
55 |
17 |
129 |
312 |
69 |
| Portree | - |
67 |
- |
- |
33 |
3 |
- |
- |
| Rothesay | 20 |
15 |
5 |
50 |
10 |
20 |
217 |
160 |
| Selkirk | 14 |
14 |
5 |
45 |
21 |
42 |
233 |
91 |
| Stirling | 14 |
9 |
13 |
43 |
20 |
150 |
224 |
110 |
| Stonehaven | 5 |
8 |
5 |
70 |
11 |
61 |
188 |
122 |
| Stornoway | 25 |
- |
- |
68 |
8 |
40 |
327 |
119 |
| Stranraer | 23 |
3 |
12 |
57 |
6 |
69 |
396 |
137 |
| Tain | 11 |
17 |
9 |
52 |
11 |
46 |
387 |
122 |
| Wick | 21 |
10 |
7 |
40 |
22 |
58 |
324 |
94 |
| Scotland | 15 |
9 |
9 |
51 |
15 |
7,987 |
258 |
108 |
| (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. |