| Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 |
| Persons receiving a custodial sentence by length of sentence and main crime or offence, 1997 | Table 11 |
| Main crime or offence | (Numbers) |
(Percentages) |
|||||||||||
Total |
Up to 6 months |
Over 6 months to 2 years |
Over 2 years to 4 years |
Over 4 years |
Life |
Indeterminate Detention |
No separate figure |
Average length of sentence (days)1 |
Up to 6 months |
Over 6 months to 2 years |
Over 2 years to 4 years |
Over 4 years including life etc |
|
| All crimes and offences | 16,178 |
13,284 |
1,909 |
493 |
445 |
39 |
6 |
2 |
227 |
82 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
| All crimes | 10,582 |
8,248 |
1,401 |
456 |
432 |
38 |
6 |
1 |
283 |
78 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 1,594 |
753 |
396 |
194 |
210 |
35 |
6 |
- |
640 |
47 |
25 |
12 |
16 |
| Homicide | 88 |
3 |
13 |
9 |
24 |
33 |
6 |
- |
1,646 |
3 |
15 |
10 |
72 |
| Serious assault | 505 |
77 |
232 |
92 |
103 |
1 |
- |
- |
954 |
15 |
46 |
18 |
21 |
| Handling offensive weapons | 543 |
515 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
120 |
95 |
5 |
* |
* |
| Robbery | 417 |
145 |
109 |
84 |
79 |
- |
- |
- |
822 |
35 |
26 |
20 |
19 |
| Other | 41 |
13 |
17 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
625 |
32 |
41 |
17 |
10 |
| Crimes of indecency | 254 |
68 |
59 |
53 |
71 |
3 |
- |
- |
1,126 |
27 |
23 |
21 |
29 |
| Sexual assault | 66 |
9 |
6 |
14 |
35 |
2 |
- |
- |
1,784 |
14 |
9 |
21 |
56 |
| Lewd and indecent behaviour | 141 |
45 |
44 |
36 |
15 |
1 |
- |
- |
710 |
32 |
31 |
26 |
11 |
| Other | 47 |
14 |
9 |
3 |
21 |
- |
- |
- |
1,470 |
30 |
19 |
6 |
45 |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 6,524 |
5,807 |
622 |
72 |
22 |
- |
- |
1 |
147 |
89 |
10 |
1 |
* |
| Housebreaking | 1,476 |
1,142 |
290 |
43 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
202 |
77 |
20 |
3 |
* |
| Theft by opening lockfast places | 701 |
633 |
63 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
131 |
90 |
9 |
1 |
- |
| Theft of motor vehicle | 628 |
569 |
54 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
137 |
91 |
9 |
1 |
- |
| Shoplifting | 1,503 |
1,451 |
51 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
93 |
97 |
3 |
- |
- |
| Other theft | 1,325 |
1,223 |
86 |
12 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
127 |
92 |
6 |
1 |
* |
| Fraud | 181 |
140 |
23 |
4 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
529 |
77 |
13 |
2 |
8 |
| Other | 710 |
649 |
55 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
118 |
91 |
8 |
* |
* |
| Fire-raising, vandalism etc. | 338 |
305 |
26 |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
127 |
90 |
8 |
2 |
* |
| Fire-raising | 42 |
19 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
417 |
45 |
38 |
14 |
2 |
| Vandalism etc. | 296 |
286 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
86 |
97 |
3 |
- |
- |
| Other crimes | 1,872 |
1,315 |
298 |
131 |
128 |
- |
- |
- |
371 |
70 |
16 |
7 |
7 |
| Crimes against public justice | 819 |
765 |
49 |
4 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
90 |
93 |
6 |
* |
* |
| Drugs | 1,047 |
544 |
249 |
127 |
127 |
- |
- |
- |
593 |
52 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
| Other | 6 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
| All offences | 5,596 |
5,036 |
508 |
37 |
13 |
1 |
- |
1 |
122 |
90 |
9 |
1 |
* |
| Miscellaneous offences | 4,272 |
3,951 |
276 |
30 |
13 |
1 |
- |
1 |
110 |
92 |
6 |
1 |
* |
| Simple assault | 1,490 |
1,274 |
194 |
14 |
7 |
1 |
- |
- |
151 |
86 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
| Breach of the peace | 1,378 |
1,343 |
29 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
73 |
97 |
2 |
* |
* |
| Drunkenness | 21 |
21 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
100 |
- |
- |
- |
| Other | 1,383 |
1,313 |
53 |
13 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
105 |
95 |
4 |
1 |
* |
| Motor vehicle offences | 1,324 |
1,085 |
232 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
160 |
82 |
18 |
1 |
- |
| Dangerous and careless driving | 136 |
97 |
37 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
216 |
71 |
27 |
1 |
- |
| Drunk driving | 191 |
181 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
116 |
95 |
5 |
- |
- |
| Speeding | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Unlawful use of vehicle | 992 |
803 |
184 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
161 |
81 |
19 |
1 |
- |
| Vehicle defect offences | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Other | 5 |
4 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
121 |
80 |
20 |
- |
- |
| 1 Excludes life sentences, indeterminate detention and recalls |