SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Outcome of court proceedings by main crime or offence, 1998

Table 4

Number

Per cent

Main crime or offence

PNGA^1,2
or
deserted

Acquitted
not
guilty

Acquitted
not
proven

Charge
proved

Total
deserted

PNGA^1,2
or
guilty

Acquitted
not

Acquitted
not
proven

Charge proved

Total

Not proven
as % of
all acquitted

All crimes and offences

13,521

4,252

1,216

139,826

158,815

9

3

1

88

100

22

All crimes

7,423

1,890

580

46,898

56,791

13

3

1

83

100

23

Non-sexual crimes of violence

624

457

177

4,012

5,270

12

9

3

76

100

28

Homicide

1

10

9

84

104

1

10

9

81

100

47

Serious assault

121

202

78

1,045

1,446

8

14

5

72

100

28

Handling offensive weapons

353

187

56

2,062

2,658

13

7

2

78

100

23

Robbery

90

39

22

606

757

12

5

3

80

100

36

Other

59

19

12

215

305

19

6

4

70

100

39

Crimes of indecency

63

68

43

1,321

1,495

4

5

3

88

100

39

Sexual assault

14

30

16

146

206

7

15

8

71

100

35

Lewd and indecent behaviour

29

28

24

319

400

7

7

6

80

100

46

Other

20

10

3

856

889

2

1

*

96

100

23

Crimes of dishonesty

4,005

777

216

25,231

30,229

13

3

1

83

100

22

Housebreaking

552

135

38

2,974

3,699

15

4

1

80

100

22

Theft by opening lockfast places

406

58

23

1,805

2,292

18

3

1

79

100

28

Theft of motor vehicle

838

120

33

1,853

2,844

29

4

1

65

100

22

Shoplifting

597

98

16

7,611

8,322

7

1

*

91

100

14

Other theft

828

168

38

5,701

6,735

12

2

1

85

100

18

Fraud

361

50

18

2,477

2,906

12

2

1

85

100

26

Other

423

148

50

2,810

3,431

12

4

1

82

100

25

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc

522

235

43

4,645

5,445

10

4

1

85

100

15

Fire-raising

16

11

1

122

150

11

7

1

81

100

8

Vandalism, etc

506

224

42

4,523

5,295

10

4

1

85

100

16

Other crimes

2,209

353

101

11,689

14,352

15

2

1

81

100

22

Crimes against public justice

1,281

141

42

4,738

6,202

21

2

1

76

100

23

Drugs

927

209

59

6,918

8,113

11

3

1

85

100

22

Other

1

3

-

33

37

3

8

-

89

100

-

All offences

6,098

2,362

636

92,928

102,024

6

2

1

91

100

21

Miscellaneous offences

3,914

2,035

504

41,034

47,487

8

4

1

86

100

20

Simple assault

1,749

1,194

272

11,910

15,125

12

8

2

79

100

19

Breach of the peace

1,694

678

198

18,109

20,679

8

3

1

88

100

23

Drunkenness

55

2

-

725

782

7

*

-

93

100

-

Other

416

161

34

10,290

10,901

4

1

*

94

100

17

Motor vehicle offences

2,184

327

132

51,894

54,537

4

1

*

95

100

29

Dangerous and careless driving

168

80

39

3,908

4,195

4

2

1

93

100

33

Drunk driving

125

83

32

7,287

7,527

2

1

*

97

100

28

Speeding

56

5

3

11,993

12,057

*

*

*

99

100

38

Unlawful use of vehicle

1,161

69

29

18,772

20,031

6

*

*

94

100

30

Vehicle defect offences

273

16

3

2,659

2,951

9

1

*

90

100

16

Other

401

74

26

7,275

7,776

5

1

*

94

100

26