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Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1998

Numbers of persons with a charge proved¹ per 1,000 population by age and sex, 1988-1998

Table 5

Type of accused		1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

All persons²	Total³	43	42	42	43	43	39	38	38	37	36	34
	Under 16⁴	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
	16	67	64	60	53	51	42	43	45	44	42	40
	17	124	118	121	122	115	108	102	108	114	111	102
	18	138	139	140	151	152	140	133	140	150	146	129
	19	135	127	132	135	141	135	124	123	132	134	124
	20	122	118	121	122	126	122	123	113	121	120	112
	21-25	95	93	96	98	101	96	96	96	95	95	90
	26-30	67	64	69	71	72	67	67	66	65	65	62
	31-40	43	42	43	45	45	42	42	42	41	40	38
	Over 40⁵	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12

Male	Total³	76	73	74	74	73	67	67	65	64	63	59
	Under 16⁴	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5
	16	121	115	107	93	92	74	78	80	79	74	72
	17	224	215	216	219	205	190	182	194	201	198	179
	18	251	251	253	270	271	248	236	247	267	255	227
	19	243	228	235	242	248	239	223	218	234	240	217
	20	216	209	214	213	221	211	218	200	214	210	199
	21-25	162	159	163	166	167	162	165	163	163	162	152
	26-30	111	106	114	115	116	108	112	110	109	110	105
	31-40	72	69	72	74	72	68	71	70	67	68	64
	Over 40⁵	30	28	29	29	28	25	25	25	23	23	21

Female	Total³	11	11	12	13	14	12	10	11	10	10	9
	Under 16⁴	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.02
	16	11	9	9	11	8	7	6	9	8	8	8
	17	20	19	22	21	22	21	17	18	22	22	21
	18	21	22	24	27	28	27	24	25	28	29	28
	19	22	22	24	25	28	27	22	24	25	27	25
	20	24	23	25	26	29	29	25	24	25	26	25
	21-25	24	24	26	28	31	28	25	26	25	25	25
	26-30	21	20	22	25	28	24	21	22	20	20	18
	31-40	14	15	15	17	18	17	14	15	14	13	12
	Over 40⁵	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.

2 Includes sex not known.

3 Includes age not known; uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-70.

4 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 8-15.

5 Uses mid-year population estimate for those aged 41-70.

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