Case Processing Financial Year 2009/2010
Statistics on Case Processing April 2009 to December 2009 | |
Reports Received | |
Criminal Reports | 210,746 |
Death Reports | 9,784 |
Total Reports Received | 220,548 |
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Non-Court Disposals | |
No Action | 22,171 |
Warning Letters | 11,042 |
Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalties Paid | 13,797 |
Fiscal Fines | 26,379 |
Compensation Orders | 1,379 |
Combined Fiscal Fines/Compensation Orders | 1,370 |
Other Non-Court Disposals | 6,591 |
Total Non-Court Disposals | 82,765 |
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No Further Action | |
Total No Further Action (1) | 23,708 |
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Court Disposals | |
District Court: | |
Pleas (2) | 30,761 |
Trials (3) | 795 |
Total District Court Disposals | 31,466 |
Sheriff Summary (4) | |
Pleas (2) | 48,221 |
Trials (3) | 3,492 |
Total Sheriff Summary Disposals | 51,713 |
Sheriff and Jury: | |
Pleas (2) | 2,577 |
Trials (3) | 652 |
Total Sheriff and Jury Disposals | 3,229 |
High Court: | |
Pleas (2) | 240 |
Trials (3) | 194 |
Total High Court Disposals | 434 |
Total Court Disposals | 86,842 |
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Total Disposals | 193,315 |
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.