| Costs, Sentencing Profiles and the Scottish Criminal Justice System 1997 |
| Table 12 |
| Sentencing in Sheriff Summary Courts, Breach of the Peace, 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 | 14 |
1 |
6 |
61 |
17 |
314 |
159 |
83 |
| Airdrie | 7 |
4 |
10 |
57 |
22 |
298 |
178 |
70 |
| Alloa | 12 |
- |
10 |
60 |
18 |
68 |
181 |
43 |
| Arbroath | 14 |
1 |
13 |
61 |
11 |
92 |
159 |
56 |
| Ayr | 12 |
4 |
5 |
63 |
16 |
438 |
156 |
61 |
| Banff | 15 |
7 |
- |
63 |
15 |
27 |
235 |
83 |
| Campbeltown | 6 |
2 |
10 |
73 |
10 |
51 |
228 |
50 |
| Cupar | 11 |
5 |
14 |
64 |
7 |
44 |
205 |
39 |
| Dingwall | 32 |
- |
11 |
36 |
21 |
28 |
123 |
49 |
| Dornoch | - |
- |
- |
60 |
40 |
5 |
317 |
- |
| Dumbarton | 10 |
4 |
4 |
63 |
20 |
200 |
169 |
72 |
| Dumfries | 14 |
2 |
8 |
57 |
18 |
132 |
156 |
91 |
| Dundee | 13 |
3 |
8 |
51 |
25 |
304 |
169 |
77 |
| Dunfermline | 4 |
1 |
8 |
62 |
26 |
282 |
152 |
67 |
| Dunoon | 22 |
7 |
9 |
52 |
11 |
46 |
218 |
73 |
| Duns | 16 |
16 |
5 |
53 |
11 |
19 |
210 |
81 |
| Edinburgh | 12 |
3 |
7 |
64 |
13 |
834 |
156 |
61 |
| Elgin | 13 |
3 |
3 |
59 |
24 |
119 |
196 |
69 |
| Falkirk | 13 |
3 |
6 |
56 |
23 |
228 |
155 |
53 |
| Forfar | 11 |
- |
11 |
53 |
25 |
36 |
180 |
83 |
| Fort William | 21 |
3 |
3 |
53 |
21 |
38 |
245 |
56 |
| Glasgow | 12 |
4 |
7 |
57 |
19 |
557 |
180 |
71 |
| Greenock | 28 |
1 |
6 |
38 |
27 |
196 |
205 |
75 |
| Haddington | 6 |
4 |
17 |
25 |
48 |
71 |
223 |
60 |
| Hamilton | 7 |
4 |
6 |
65 |
18 |
380 |
199 |
75 |
| Inverness | 23 |
3 |
4 |
61 |
10 |
226 |
162 |
48 |
| Jedburgh | 12 |
5 |
7 |
41 |
34 |
41 |
235 |
66 |
| Kilmarnock | 15 |
3 |
4 |
72 |
7 |
477 |
241 |
73 |
| Kirkcaldy | 11 |
1 |
8 |
54 |
26 |
195 |
177 |
58 |
| Kirkcudbright | 14 |
- |
6 |
69 |
11 |
36 |
169 |
85 |
| Kirkwall | 16 |
- |
13 |
55 |
16 |
31 |
92 |
42 |
| Lanark | 9 |
6 |
3 |
64 |
19 |
151 |
223 |
70 |
| Lerwick | 26 |
3 |
15 |
44 |
12 |
34 |
93 |
50 |
| Linlithgow | 6 |
4 |
6 |
60 |
24 |
170 |
152 |
77 |
| Lochmaddy | - |
- |
- |
92 |
8 |
12 |
198 |
- |
| Oban | 5 |
3 |
- |
68 |
24 |
38 |
224 |
73 |
| Paisley | 11 |
5 |
5 |
62 |
17 |
320 |
245 |
70 |
| Peebles | - |
10 |
5 |
71 |
14 |
21 |
190 |
- |
| Perth | 14 |
2 |
12 |
60 |
11 |
149 |
151 |
60 |
| Peterhead | 5 |
4 |
8 |
65 |
17 |
95 |
209 |
30 |
| Portree | - |
- |
10 |
70 |
20 |
10 |
297 |
- |
| Rothesay | - |
- |
- |
93 |
7 |
15 |
191 |
- |
| Selkirk | 19 |
5 |
5 |
43 |
29 |
21 |
192 |
91 |
| Stirling | 14 |
1 |
5 |
65 |
15 |
147 |
165 |
66 |
| Stonehaven | 5 |
3 |
3 |
72 |
17 |
60 |
146 |
50 |
| Stornoway | 26 |
5 |
2 |
48 |
19 |
42 |
324 |
99 |
| Stranraer | 9 |
5 |
4 |
59 |
22 |
74 |
243 |
85 |
| Tain | 5 |
18 |
3 |
68 |
5 |
38 |
173 |
30 |
| Wick | 8 |
9 |
6 |
64 |
13 |
53 |
257 |
32 |
| Scotland | 12 |
3 |
7 |
60 |
18 |
7,263 |
183 |
67 |
| (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. |