CASES IN WHICH NO PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN: Latest figures
There will always be a percentage of cases reported to Procurators Fiscal which result in no proceedings being taken. Procurators Fiscal may decide not to take proceedings for a number of reasons, including lack of admissable evidence, mitigating circumstances, lack of jurisdiction over the offence, the fact that the suspected offence is not a crime, or the fact that a civil remedy is more appropriate than criminal proceedings.
All cases reported to COPFS