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

Numbers of persons with a charge proved¹ per 1,000 population by age and sex, 1987-1997

Table 5

Type of accused		1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All persons²	Total³	43	43	42	42	43	43	39	38	38	37	36
Under 16⁴		0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
16		88	67	64	60	53	51	42	43	45	44	42
17		130	124	118	121	122	115	108	102	108	114	111
18		142	138	139	140	151	152	140	133	140	150	146
19		132	135	127	132	135	141	135	124	123	132	134
20		119	122	118	121	122	126	122	123	113	121	120
21-25		93	95	93	96	98	101	96	96	96	95	95
26-30		63	67	64	69	71	72	67	67	66	65	65
31-40		41	43	42	43	45	45	42	42	42	41	40
Over 40⁵		16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13

Male	Total³	78	76	73	74	74	73	67	67	65	64	63
Under 16⁴		1.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5
16		159	121	115	107	93	92	74	78	80	79	74
17		238	224	215	216	219	205	190	182	194	201	198
18		260	251	251	253	270	271	248	236	247	267	255
19		241	243	228	235	242	248	239	223	218	234	240
20		211	216	209	214	213	221	211	218	200	214	210
21-25		164	162	159	163	166	167	162	165	163	163	162
26-30		109	111	106	114	115	116	108	112	110	109	110
31-40		71	72	69	72	74	72	68	71	70	67	68
Over 40⁵		29	30	28	29	29	28	25	25	25	23	23

Female	Total³	9	11	11	12	13	14	12	10	11	10	10
Under 16⁴		0.09	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.04
16		13	11	9	9	11	8	7	6	9	8	8
17		18	20	19	22	21	22	21	17	18	22	22
18		19	21	22	24	27	28	27	24	25	28	29
19		19	22	22	24	25	28	27	22	24	25	27
20		20	24	23	25	26	29	29	25	24	25	26
21-25		18	24	24	26	28	31	28	25	26	25	25
26-30		15	21	20	22	25	28	24	21	22	20	20
31-40		11	14	15	15	17	18	17	14	15	14	13
Over 40⁵		4.0	4.4	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.6

1 Number of occasions when a person had a charge proved.

2 Includes sex not known.

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.