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Case processing - last 5 years

           
Statistics on Case Processing Last: 5 Years 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
          (APR - JUN)
Reports Received          
Criminal Reports 306,770 285,398 275,503 265,830 68,374
Death Reports 13,457 13,531 13,498 13,112 3,065
Total Reports Received 320,227 298,929 289,001 278,942 71,439
           
Non-Court Disposals          
No Action 44,224 31,934 29,835 29,248 6,840
Warning Letters 24,505 14,819 14,424 12,661 2,576
Conditional Offers of Fixed Penalties Paid 15,438 20,252 18,372 20,165 4,738
Fiscal Fines Paid/Accepted 18,922 36,903 34,293 33,386 10,016
Compensation Orders Accepted 0 1,891 1,901 1,729 305
Combined Fiscal Fines/Compensation Orders Accepted 0 1,404 1,900 2,094 696
Other Non-Court disposals 9,813 8,882 8,427 7,902 1,761
Total Non-Court Disposals 112,907 116,085 109,152 107,185 26,932
           
No Further Action          
Total No Further Action 61,643 43,923 32,637 32,955 5,862
           
Court Disposals          
District Court:          
Pleas 2 39,030 38,514 41,103 39,144 8,172
Trials 3 1,124 1,151 1,097 1,639 584
Total District Court Disposals 40,154 39,665 42,200 40,783 8,756
Sheriff Summary 4:          
Pleas 2 76,244 69,073 64,039 60,031 12,910
Trials 3 5,422 4,383 4,874 5,178 1,206
Total Sheriff Summary Disposals 81,666 73,456 68,913 65,209 14,116
Sheriff and Jury:          
Pleas 2 4,008 4,290 3,486 3,366 850
Trials 3 803 818 889 982 239
Total Sheriff and Jury Disposals 4,811 5,108 4,375 4,348 1,089
High Court:          
Pleas 2 464 354 327 333 84
Trials 3 323 284 255 225 91
Total High Court Disposals 787 638 582 558 175
Total Court Disposals 127,418 118,867 116,070 110,898 24,136
           
Total Disposals 5 301,968 278,875 257,859 251,038 56,930

 

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 2006-2007 will not have resulted in a disposal until 2007-2008.