SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

Young Offender Fine default receptions to penal establishments by main crime/offence, 1989-1998

Table 28

Number

Main crime/offence

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995⁽¹⁾

1996⁽¹⁾

1997

1998

Total crimes & offences

2,353

1,653

1,573

1,736

1,660

1,498

1,210

1,567

1,847

1,538

Total crimes : sub total

1,262

914

880

951

913

834

658

913

1,072

893

Non-sexual crimes of violence : sub total

29

12

11

10

22

9

19

45

55

37

Homicide

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

4

2

1

Serious assault⁽²⁾ and attempted murder

14

5

-

5

7

1

4

6

8

3

Handling offensive weapons

9

6

9

2

10

3

10

30

37

25

Robbery

6

1

1

3

4

3

3

5

8

8

Other

-

-

1

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

Crimes of indecency : sub total

8

11

14

9

7

12

10

15

11

10

Sexual assault

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Lewd & indecent behaviour

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Other

6

10

14

9

7

11

10

15

10

9

Crimes of dishonesty : sub total

1,025

761

710

752

717

607

450

598

703

616

Housebreaking

243

207

226

162

131

121

103

74

65

56

Theft by opening lockfast places

77

66

63

78

93

75

62

75

56

35

Theft of a motor vehicle

95

73

86

114

97

82

67

93

108

84

Other theft

490

338

263

323

313

243

159

266

376

383

Fraud

16

14

16

9

12

20

15

11

26

7

Other

104

63

56

66

71

66

44

79

72

51

Fire-raising,vandalism etc : sub total

90

58

47

52

46

67

54

72

116

83

Fire-raising

3

4

1

-

1

-

-

2

1

2

Vandalism etc

87

54

46

52

45

67

54

70

115

81

Other crimes : sub total

110

72

98

128

121

139

125

183

187

147

Crimes against public justice

77

44

62

76

76

79

83

107

115

83

Drugs

32

25

36

52

45

60

42

76

71

62

Other

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

Total offences : sub total

1,091

739

693

785

747

664

552

642

766

625

Miscellaneous offences : sub total

857

599

558

583

553

457

367

438

564

467

Petty assault⁽²⁾

145

137

120

131

120

90

79

117

148

125

Breach of the peace

678

442

414

423

403

346

269

294

382

301

Drunkenness

3

7

4

6

15

10

1

1

1

2

Other

31

13

20

23

15

11

18

26

33

39

Motor vehicle offences : sub total

234

140

135

202

194

207

185

204

202

158

Dangerous & careless driving

9

11

7

9

10

7

11

29

30

22

Drunk driving

8

7

6

11

7

10

13

21

18

22

Speeding

4

-

1

2

3

3

2

-

2

2

Unlawful use of vehicle

206

117

109

164

165

178

157

139

138

99

Vehicle defect offences

2

2

2

3

2

-

-

3

2

1

Other

5

3

10

13

7

9

2

12

12

12

Unknown Charge

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

4

13

Other Jurisdiction Charge

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

5

7