Persons with a charge proved by main penalty and main crime or offence, 1998

Table 8(a)

Main crime or offence

Prison

Y O I

Detention
of child

Insanity,
guardian- ship,
hospital order

Community
service
order

Probation

Fine

Compen-
sation
order

Caution
or
admonition

Remit to
Children's
Hearing

Absolute
discharge

Super-vised
atten-dance
order

Restr-iction
of liberty
order

Total

All crimes and offences

11,447

4,459

20

129

5,246

7,144

94,910

1,298

13,893

177

964

68

71

139,826

All crimes

7,430

2,876

15

81

3,063

4,551

21,778

1,005

5,711

140

179

11

58

46,898

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,044

484

6

24

526

528

1,006

35

319

24

14

-

2

4,012

Homicide

53

21

-

3

2

1

3

-

-

1

-

-

-

84

Serious assault

358

133

4

8

183

125

179

28

18

4

5

-

-

1,045

Handling offensive weapons

338

167

-

9

282

271

757

-

217

11

8

-

2

2,062

Robbery

266

155

1

4

47

65

38

7

15

8

-

-

-

606

Other

29

8

1

-

12

66

29

-

69

-

1

-

-

215

Crimes of indecency

228

19

1

5

27

167

684

4

180

1

5

-

-

1,321

Sexual assault

65

10

1

3

7

34

16

4

4

1

1

-

-

146

Lewd and indecent behaviour

138

3

-

2

12

93

60

-

11

-

-

-

-

319

Other

25

6

-

-

8

40

608

-

165

-

4

-

-

856

Crimes of dishonesty

4,497

1,957

7

26

1,628

2,742

10,704

451

2,998

82

86

8

45

25,231

Housebreaking

907

482

2

4

283

485

492

71

206

14

7

1

20

2,974

Theft by opening lockfast places

333

269

2

1

162

291

513

48

159

11

10

1

5

1,805

Theft of motor vehicle

198

345

2

1

219

315

524

15

192

30

10

-

2

1,853

Shoplifting

1,320

363

-

9

163

681

3,901

30

1,107

7

20

5

5

7,611

Other theft

1,037

312

-

7

329

570

2,569

129

713

10

18

-

7

5,701

Fraud

218

19

-

2

177

93

1,531

123

304

-

9

1

-

2,477

Other

484

167

1

2

295

307

1,174

35

317

10

12

-

6

2,810

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

233

98

1

10

161

300

2,739

510

545

21

25

-

2

4,645

Fire-raising

27

7

1

2

11

35

24

2

10

3

-

-

-

122

Vandalism etc

206

91

-

8

150

265

2,715

508

535

18

25

-

2

4,523

Other crimes

1,428

318

-

16

721

814

6,645

5

1,669

12

49

3

9

11,689

Crimes against public justice

549

190

-

10

247

438

2,056

5

1,193

8

37

3

2

4,738

Drugs

869

127

-

6

474

376

4,570

-

474

4

11

-

7

6,918

Other

10

1

-

-

-

-

19

-

2

-

1

-

-

33

All offences

4,017

1,583

5

48

2,183

2,593

73,132

293

8,182

37

785

57

13

92,928

Miscellaneous offences

3,074

1,351

3

48

1,503

2,180

25,284

291

6,463

34

735

55

13

41,034

Simple assault

1,063

335

3

13

801

878

6,721

193

1,786

25

89

1

2

11,910

Breach of the peace

1,133

196

-

30

251

656

12,265

53

3,405

9

99

8

4

18,109

Drunkenness

18

-

-

-

1

7

541

-

158

-

-

-

-

725

Other

860

820

-

5

450

639

5,757

45

1,114

-

547

46

7

10,290

Motor vehicle offences

943

232

2

-

680

413

47,848

2

1,719

3

50

2

-

51,894

Dangerous and careless driving

84

36

1

-

37

43

3,563

1

142

-

1

-

-

3,908

Drunk driving

141

12

-

-

154

140

6,770

-

62

-

8

-

-

7,287

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

1

11,961

-

27

-

4

-

-

11,993

Unlawful use of vehicle

714

183

1

-

484

227

16,069

1

1,072

2

17

2

-

18,772

Vehicle defect offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

2,472

-

176

-

10

-

-

2,659

Other

4

-

-

-

5

2

7,013

-

240

1

10

-

-

7,275