Statistical Bulletin: CrJ/2000/9:Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1999: page 8



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Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1999

Numbers of persons with a charge proved¹ per 1,000 population by sex and age, 1989-1999

Table 5

Type of accused	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
All persons²
Total³	42	42	43	43	39	38	38	37	36	34	31
Under 16⁴	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
16	64	60	53	51	42	43	45	44	42	40	35
17	118	121	122	115	108	102	108	114	111	102	91
18	139	140	151	152	140	133	140	150	146	129	114
19	127	132	135	141	135	124	123	132	134	124	114
20	118	121	122	126	122	123	113	121	120	112	106
21-25	93	96	98	101	96	96	96	95	95	90	84
26-30	64	69	71	72	67	67	66	65	65	62	58
31-40	42	43	45	45	42	42	42	41	40	38	35
Over 40⁵	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	11
Males
Total³	73	74	74	73	67	67	65	64	63	59	54
Under 16⁴	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3
16	115	107	93	92	74	78	80	79	74	72	62
17	215	216	219	205	190	182	194	201	198	179	161
18	251	253	270	271	248	236	247	267	255	227	199
19	228	235	242	248	239	223	218	234	240	217	201
20	209	214	213	221	211	218	200	214	210	199	182
21-25	159	163	166	167	162	165	163	163	162	152	142
26-30	106	114	115	116	108	112	110	109	110	105	98
31-40	69	72	74	72	68	71	70	67	68	64	59
Over 40⁵	28	29	29	28	25	25	25	23	23	21	19
Females
Total³	11	12	13	14	12	10	11	10	10	9	8
Under 16⁴	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.02
16	9	9	11	8	7	6	9	8	8	8	6
17	19	22	21	22	21	17	18	22	22	21	19
18	22	24	27	28	27	24	25	28	29	28	26
19	22	24	25	28	27	22	24	25	27	25	25
20	23	25	26	29	29	25	24	25	26	25	25
21-25	24	26	28	31	28	25	26	25	25	25	23
26-30	20	22	25	28	24	21	22	20	20	18	16
31-40	15	15	17	18	17	14	15	14	13	12	10
Over 40⁵	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.
2 Includes sex not known; excludes companies
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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