Publication - Statistics

Statistical bulletin - Crime and Justice series: Prison statistics Scotland 2010-11

Published: 19 August 2011
ISBN: 978178045346

This bulletin shows data up to 2010-11 on Scottish prison population level and characteristics, receptions to/liberations from Scottish prisons, and international comparisons.

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Scottish prison population statistics and projections

Supporting documents

Direct sentenced receptions to penal establishments by age and sex:
2001-02 to 2010-11 Table 11

	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	% change over past year
Total	12,176	12,827	12,522	12,576	12,920	13,989	14,201	14,634	14,041	13,109	-7
Under 16	1	4	5	-	2	3	5	5	1	-	n/a
16	103	135	96	122	134	159	130	106	89	73	-18
17	358	373	354	318	372	388	404	374	321	218	-32
18	532	483	456	498	513	554	585	588	572	429	-25
19	641	599	510	537	568	582	619	591	547	445	-19
20	756	631	583	473	573	601	611	601	613	535	-13
21 - 30	5,897	6,285	6,153	5,916	5,689	6,096	6,370	6,418	6,120	5,661	-8
31 - 40	2,692	3,055	3,075	3,193	3,412	3,639	3,527	3,779	3,546	3,590	1
41 - 50	831	881	919	1,156	1,211	1,518	1,457	1,641	1,691	1,648	-3
Over 50	365	381	371	363	446	449	493	531	541	510	-6
Men	11,487	12,114	11,744	11,725	12,088	13,056	13,259	13,609	13,020	12,091	-7
Under 16	1	4	4	-	2	3	5	5	1	-	n/a
16	100	129	94	116	134	147	125	101	84	71	-15
17	339	353	336	300	363	376	381	350	291	203	-30
18	516	452	440	473	487	517	563	558	543	378	-30
19	601	570	468	507	544	552	583	567	515	418	-19
20	700	594	543	431	544	562	584	565	584	499	-15
21 - 30	5,553	5,931	5,754	5,489	5,284	5,636	5,913	5,934	5,666	5,218	-8
31 - 40	2,538	2,868	2,894	2,983	3,160	3,411	3,290	3,496	3,281	3,315	1
41 - 50	788	844	858	1,084	1,146	1,428	1,365	1,535	1,557	1,517	-3
Over 50	351	369	353	342	424	424	450	498	498	472	-5
Women	689	713	778	851	832	933	942	1,025	1,021	1,018	*
Under 16	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	3	6	2	6	-	12	5	5	5	2	-60
17	19	20	18	18	9	12	23	24	30	15	-50
18	16	31	16	25	26	37	22	30	29	51	76
19	40	29	42	30	24	30	36	24	32	27	-16
20	56	37	40	42	29	39	27	36	29	36	24
21 - 30	344	354	399	427	405	460	457	484	454	443	-2
31 - 40	154	187	181	210	252	228	237	283	265	275	4
41 - 50	43	37	61	72	65	90	92	106	134	131	-2
Over 50	14	12	18	21	22	25	43	33	43	38	-12

Notes: Receptions do not equate to persons received since someone receiving a custodial sentence after a period on remand, or several custodial sentences at different times or from different courts, will be counted more than once. Counting conventions are described in more detail in Section 5.

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