Case Processing Financial Year 2009/2010
Statistics on Case Processing April 2009 to September 2009 | |
Reports Received | |
Criminal Reports | 144,041 |
Death Reports | 6,203 |
Total Reports Received | 150,244 |
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Non-Court Disposals | |
No Action | 14,544 |
Warning Letters | 7,398 |
Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalties Paid | 8,934 |
Fiscal Fines | 17,358 |
Compensation Orders | 907 |
Combined Fiscal Fines/Compensation Orders | 841 |
Other Non-Court Disposals | 4,437 |
Total Non-Court Disposals | 54,421 |
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No Further Action | |
Total No Further Action (1) | 15,697 |
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Court Disposals | |
District Court: | |
Pleas (2) | 20,502 |
Trials (3) | 549 |
Total District Court Disposals | 21,051 |
Sheriff Summary (4) | |
Pleas (2) | 32,971 |
Trials (3) | 2,376 |
Total Sheriff Summary Disposals | 35,347 |
Sheriff and Jury: | |
Pleas (2) | 1,707 |
Trials (3) | 436 |
Total Sheriff and Jury Disposals | 2,143 |
High Court: | |
Pleas (2) | 165 |
Trials (3) | 137 |
Total High Court Disposals | 302 |
Total Court Disposals | 58,843 |
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Total Disposals | 128,961 |
1 No Further Action = Cases which were closed after proceedings had been commenced or attempted (e.g. cases which were closed because the accused died, the accused could not be traced, a key witness was not available, etc.)
2 Pleas = Cases which were disposed of at court without any evidence being led.
3 Trials = Cases where some or all of the evidence was led.
4 Sheriff Summary cases include cases dealt with in the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court in Glasgow.
5 Total disposals will not equal total criminal cases received as some cases against the same accused will be linked and taken forward as one case. There is also a time lag between receipt of a case and final disposal so that, for example, some cases received in 2008-2009 will not have resulted in a disposal until 2009-2010.