Persons with a charge proved by main crime/offence and main penalty, 1999

Table 8(a)

Main crime or offence

Prison

Y O I

Detention of child

Insanity, guardianship, hospital order

Community service order

Probation

Fine

Compen-sation order

Caution or admonition

Remit to Children's Hearing

Absolute discharge

Supervised attendance order

Restriction of liberty order

Total

All crimes and offences

11,591

4,483

17

135

4,888

7,340

83,479

1,154

12,914

136

985

107

206

127,435

All crimes

7,806

2,885

14

71

2,822

4,656

18,716

906

5,576

109

166

31

143

43,901

Non-sexual crimes of violence

1,105

490

12

22

536

512

1,037

26

379

9

26

2

9

4,165

Homicide

55

16

1

3

7

4

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

89

Serious assault

388

134

5

10

189

125

226

22

34

2

4

-

2

1,141

Handling offensive weapons

348

162

-

6

286

249

741

-

256

5

18

2

7

2,080

Robbery

284

174

5

3

40

97

32

4

16

2

1

-

-

658

Other

30

4

1

-

14

37

36

-

72

-

3

-

-

197

Crimes of indecency

224

21

-

8

19

130

344

2

147

3

2

-

1

901

Sexual assault

69

8

-

3

6

20

15

2

1

1

1

-

-

126

Lewd and indecent behaviour

129

7

-

5

8

82

59

-

21

1

1

-

1

314

Other

26

6

-

-

5

28

270

-

125

1

-

-

-

461

Crimes of dishonesty

4,840

1,975

2

13

1,449

2,806

9,115

373

2,822

76

78

12

114

23,675

Housebreaking

1,013

512

-

4

251

507

459

47

173

11

6

-

35

3,018

Theft by opening lockfast places

351

252

1

2

163

254

423

45

145

6

1

2

16

1,661

Theft of motor vehicle

210

297

1

-

165

295

412

9

187

27

12

2

25

1,642

Shoplifting

1,586

405

-

2

197

797

3,501

30

1,076

17

22

5

11

7,649

Other theft

1,037

346

-

3

265

557

2,223

123

658

7

26

3

12

5,260

Fraud

187

20

-

1

162

106

1,150

86

268

-

7

-

1

1,988

Other

456

143

-

1

246

290

947

33

315

8

4

-

14

2,457

Fire-raising, vandalism etc

195

97

-

16

148

259

2,349

502

523

9

10

1

4

4,113

Fire-raising

16

7

-

3

12

31

15

4

18

-

-

-

-

106

Vandalism etc

179

90

-

13

136

228

2,334

498

505

9

10

1

4

4,007

Other crimes

1,442

302

-

12

670

949

5,871

3

1,705

12

50

16

15

11,047

Crimes against public justice

590

192

-

9

231

501

1,820

3

1,200

11

39

14

12

4,622

Drugs

842

108

-

3

438

446

4,043

-

503

1

11

2

3

6,400

Other

10

2

-

-

1

2

8

-

2

-

-

-

-

25

All offences

3,785

1,598

3

64

2,066

2,684

64,763

248

7,338

27

819

76

63

83,534

Miscellaneous offences

2,826

1,353

3

64

1,443

2,190

19,311

242

5,685

25

776

69

53

34,040

Simple assault

992

332

3

33

709

872

5,819

176

1,763

16

77

5

15

10,812

Breach of the peace

884

198

-

31

224

589

9,434

24

2,913

8

77

8

6

14,396

Drunkenness

12

-

-

-

1

14

364

-

86

-

1

-

-

478

Other

938

823

-

-

509

715

3,694

42

923

1

621

56

32

8,354

Motor vehicle offences

959

245

-

-

623

494

45,452

6

1,653

2

43

7

10

49,494

Dangerous and careless driving

83

38

-

-

43

37

3,057

1

105

-

3

1

1

3,369

Drunk driving

128

9

-

-

166

184

6,349

-

59

-

2

-

2

6,899

Speeding

-

-

-

-

-

1

14,151

-

25

-

2

-

-

14,179

Unlawful use of vehicle

743

197

-

-

409

268

13,838

3

1,143

2

22

6

7

16,638

Vehicle defect offences

-

-

-

-

-

1

1,867

-

133

-

3

-

-

2,004

Other

5

1

-

-

5

3

6,190

2

188

-

11

-

-

6,405