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Number of persons
Type of sentence Drug offences Other indictable offences Indictable motoring offences Summary offences (excluding motoring) Summary motoring offences Total

1995

Immediate custody

509

1,353

382

1,787

1,849

19,203

Non-custodial sentence(2)

6,034

9,424

1,453

49,207

67,228

196,080

Total

6,543

10,777

1,835

50,994

69,077

215,283

1996

Immediate custody

750

1,585

382

2,020

1,907

21,247

Non-custodial sentence(2)

6,166

9,782

1,306

56,580

70,284

205,648

Total

6,916

11,367

1,688

58,600

72,191

226,895

1997

Immediate custody

840

1,671

369

2,309

2,083

22,868

Non-custodial sentence(2)

7,450

10,716

1,282

59,590

70,894

212,683

Total

8,290

12,387

1,651

61,899

72,977

235,551

1998

Immediate custody

934

1,827

346

2,564

2,281

24,220

Non-custodial sentence(2)

9,924

11,025

1,253

67,758

72,543

229,196

Total

10,858

12,852

1,599

70,322

74,824

253,416

1999

Immediate custody

1,085

1,700

402

2,996

2,771

25,664

Non-custodial sentence(2)

10,431

11,042

1,244

67,458

71,910

229,908

Total

11,516

12,742

1,646

70,454

74,681

255,572

2000

Immediate custody

1,085

1,919

503

2,725

2,957

25,855

Non-custodial sentence(2)

10,746

10,656

1,225

69,402

71,911

227,715

Total

11,831

12,575

1,728

72,127

74,868

253,570

2001

Immediate custody

1,155

1,861

631

2,557

3,345

25,544

Non-custodial sentence(2)

11,404

10,355

1,260

70,422

72,163

227,848

Total

12,559

12,216

1,891

72,979

75,508

253,392

2002

Immediate custody

1,017

1,925

647

2,555

3,102

24,779

Non-custodial sentence(2)

12,575

10,631

1,448

71,709

74,393

229,153

Total

13,592

12,556

2,095

74,264

77,495

253,932

2003

Immediate custody

1,043

1,743

701

2,294

3,188

21,638

Non-custodial sentence(2)

12,802

10,677

1,496

74,065

79,496

232,960

Total

13,845

12,420

2,197

76,359

82,684

254,598

2004

Immediate custody

1,013

1,984

666

2,626

2,438

20,961

Non-custodial sentence(2)

9,146

11,188

1,393

76,626

78,645

231,626

Total

10,159

13,172

2,059

79,252

81,083

252,587

2005

Immediate custody

1,014

1,997

572

2,828

1,913

20,246

Non-custodial sentence(2)

9,057

10,638

1,154

76,904

69,524

222,008

Total

10,071

12,635

1,726

79,732

71,437

242,254

(1) Principal offence basis
(2) Absolute and conditional discharge, fine, community sentence, suspended sentence order (from April 2005) and otherwise dealt with.
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
Source:
RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice

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