SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Persons receiving a custodial sentence by length of sentence and main crime or offence, 1998

Table 11

(Numbers)

(Percentages)

Main crime or offence

Total

Up to
3 months

Over 3
months to
6 months

Over 6
months to
2 years

Over 2
years to
4 years

Over
4 years

Life

Indeter -minate
Detention

Recall

No
separate
figure

Average
length of
sentence
(days)¹

Up to
3 months

Over 3
months to
6 months

Over 6
months
to 2 years

Over 2
years to
4 years

Over
4 years
include -uding
life etc

All crimes and offences

15,906

8,916

4,198

1,861

468

415

38

5

4

1

220

56

26

12

3

3

All crimes

10,306

5,163

2,858

1,391

444

405

37

5

3

-

276

50

28

13

4

4

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,528

401

302

415

163

206

36

5

-

-

631

26

20

27

11

16

Homicide

74

-

-

14

5

15

35

5

-

-

1,593

-

-

19

7

74

Serious assault

491

20

47

233

92

99

-

-

-

-

929

4

10

47

19

20

Handling offensive weapons

505

305

175

24

1

-

-

-

-

-

112

60

35

5

*

-

Robbery

421

63

75

134

64

85

-

-

-

-

825

15

18

32

15

20

Other

37

13

5

10

1

7

1

-

-

-

671

35

14

27

3

22

Crimes of indecency

247

53

11

69

39

74

1

-

-

-

1,134

21

4

28

16

30

Sexual assault

75

6

3

10

13

42

1

-

-

-

1,734

8

4

13

17

57

Lewd and indecent behaviour

141

45

5

48

23

20

-

-

-

-

758

32

4

34

16

14

Other

31

2

3

11

3

12

-

-

-

-

1,414

6

10

35

10

39

Crimes of dishonesty

6,454

3,479

2,252

600

89

31

-

-

3

-

151

54

35

9

1

*

Housebreaking

1,389

468

590

258

68

5

-

-

-

-

221

34

42

19

5

*

Theft by opening lockfast places

602

310

236

51

3

2

-

-

-

-

141

51

39

8

*

*

Theft of motor vehicle

543

304

181

55

3

-

-

-

-

-

136

56

33

10

1

-

Shoplifting

1,683

1,084

552

45

-

-

-

-

2

-

93

64

33

3

-

-

Other theft

1,349

765

491

84

3

5

-

-

1

-

127

57

36

6

*

*

Fraud

237

110

63

41

8

15

-

-

-

-

365

46

27

17

3

6

Other

651

438

139

66

4

4

-

-

-

-

141

67

21

10

1

1

Fire-raising, vandalism etc.

331

246

45

34

4

2

-

-

-

-

144

74

14

10

1

1

Fire-raising

34

13

3

15

2

1

-

-

-

-

402

38

9

44

6

3

Vandalism etc.

297

233

42

19

2

1

-

-

-

-

114

78

14

6

1

*

Other crimes

1,746

984

248

273

149

92

-

-

-

-

340

56

14

16

9

5

Crimes against public justice

739

639

62

31

4

3

-

-

-

-

88

86

8

4

1

*

Drugs

996

335

185

242

145

89

-

-

-

-

530

34

19

24

15

9

Other

11

10

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

83

91

9

-

-

-

All offences

5,600

3,753

1,340

470

24

10

1

-

1

1

116

67

24

8

*

*

Miscellaneous offences

4,425

3,319

862

217

15

9

1

-

1

1

100

75

19

5

*

*

Simple assault

1,398

772

472

136

10

6

1

-

1

-

139

55

34

10

1

1

Breach of the peace

1,329

1,179

120

28

1

-

-

-

-

1

71

89

9

2

*

-

Drunkenness

18

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

13

100

-

-

-

-

Other

1,680

1,350

270

53

4

3

-

-

-

-

92

80

16

3

*

*

Motor vehicle offences

1,175

434

478

253

9

1

-

-

-

-

177

37

41

22

1

*

Dangerous and careless driving

120

25

43

43

8

1

-

-

-

-

317

21

36

36

7

1

Drunk driving

153

79

66

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

121

52

43

5

-

-

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Unlawful use of vehicle

897

328

366

202

1

-

-

-

-

-

168

37

41

23

*

-

Vehicle defect offences

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

91

100

-

-

-

-

Other

4

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

159

25

75

-

-

-