Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 Page :8

Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997

Outcome of court proceedings by main crime or offence, 1997

Table 4

Main crime or offence	Number					Per cent
Main crime or offence	PNGA^1,2or deserted	Acquitted not guilty	Acquitted not proven	Charge proved	Total	PNGA^1,2 or deserted	Acquitted not guilty	Acquitted not proven	Charge proved	Total	Not proven as % of all acquitted
All crimes and offences	14,936	4,998	1,548	150,450	171,932	9	3	1	88	*100*	24

All crimes	7,809	2,295	749	48,480	59,333	13	4	1	82	*100*	25

Non-sexual crimes of violence	620	548	217	4,229	5,614	11	10	4	75	*100*	28
Homicide	1	10	3	105	119	1	8	3	88	100	23
Serious assault	116	216	83	1,062	1,477	8	15	6	72	100	28
Handling offensive weapons	351	230	99	2,194	2,874	12	8	3	76	100	30
Robbery	112	62	21	652	847	13	7	2	77	100	25
Other	40	30	11	216	297	13	10	4	73	100	27

Crimes of indecency	47	92	45	1,195	1,379	3	7	3	87	*100*	33
Sexual assault	12	45	20	135	212	6	21	9	64	100	31
Lewd and indecent behaviour	19	29	19	332	399	5	7	5	83	100	40
Other	16	18	6	728	768	2	2	1	95	100	25

Crimes of dishonesty	4,083	902	295	25,709	30,989	13	3	1	83	*100*	25
Housebreaking	580	140	52	3,272	4,044	14	3	1	81	100	27
Theft by opening lockfast places	447	72	40	2,095	2,654	17	3	2	79	100	36
Theft of motor vehicle	936	121	48	2,146	3,251	29	4	1	66	100	28
Shoplifting	571	116	24	7,194	7,905	7	1	*	91	100	17
Other theft	837	225	57	5,960	7,079	12	3	1	84	100	20
Fraud	253	50	18	2,006	2,327	11	2	1	86	100	26
Other	459	178	56	3,036	3,729	12	5	2	81	100	24

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc	527	328	68	4,951	5,874	9	6	1	84	*100*	17
Fire-raising	8	13	6	119	146	5	9	4	82	100	32
Vandalism, etc	519	315	62	4,832	5,728	9	5	1	84	100	16

Other crimes	2,532	425	124	12,396	15,477	16	3	1	80	*100*	23
Crimes against public justice	1,594	218	65	5,349	7,226	22	3	1	74	100	23
Drugs	936	203	59	7,005	8,203	11	2	1	85	100	23
Other	2	4	-	42	48	4	8	-	88	100	-

All offences	7,127	2,703	799	101,970	112,599	6	2	1	91	*100*	23

Miscellaneous offences	4,105	2,267	619	45,461	52,452	8	4	1	87	*100*	21
Simple assault	1,731	1,298	345	12,423	15,797	11	8	2	79	100	21
Breach of the peace	1,846	739	237	19,415	22,237	8	3	1	87	100	24
Drunkenness	38	6	-	928	972	4	1	-	95	100	-
Other	490	224	37	12,695	13,446	4	2	*	94	100	14

Motor vehicle offences	3,022	436	180	56,509	60,147	5	1	*	94	*100*	29
Dangerous and careless driving	252	112	43	4,732	5,139	5	2	1	92	100	28
Drunk driving	202	131	43	8,519	8,895	2	1	*	96	100	25
Speeding	65	13	8	11,710	11,796	1	*	*	99	100	38
Unlawful use of vehicle	1,678	79	49	20,339	22,145	8	*	*	92	100	38
Vehicle defect offences	405	30	3	3,323	3,761	11	1	*	88	100	9
Other	420	71	34	7,886	8,411	5	1	*	94	100	32

1 Plea of not guilty accepted

2 Includes cases where proceedings are dropped after a person has been called to court eg if witnesses cannot be traced.