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Average custodial sentence lengths (months)( 1 ) for immediate custody, broken down by court and type of crime( 2) , 1996 to 2006
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Magistrates( 1) courts

Violence against the person

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.2

3.6

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.0

Sexual offences

3.8

3.5

3.8

3.5

4.4

4.3

4.2

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.3

Burglary

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.6

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

Robbery

3.8

3.7

4.0

3.9

6.6

8.0

9.7

9.1

9.4

8.4

8.7

Theft and handling stolen goods

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

Fraud and forgery

2.8

2.8

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.0

3.2

3.3

2.9

2.8

Criminal damage

2.1

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.6

Drug offences

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.6

Other (excl. motoring offences)

2.2

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.8

1.9

Motoring offences

3.9

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.5

4.8

4.9

5.2

5.0

4.8

5.0

All indictable

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.9

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

Summary non-motoring offences

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

Summary motoring offences

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

All summary offences

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.0

All offences

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

Crown courts

Violence against the person

23.8

22.8

22.1

21.7

21.6

22.6

23.9

25.6

25.6

24.5

23.2

Sexual offences

38.6

39.9

40.9

39.7

41.1

40.7

43.4

43.8

43.4

44.4

44.1

Burglary

19.1

20.7

20.2

20.5

20.8

22.3

23.5

24.0

24.6

24.7

24.4

Robbery

40.2

40.9

37.3

37.3

38.3

38.4

41.3

41.7

41.1

38.0

35.7

Theft and handling stolen goods

11.5

12.4

11.7

10.7

10.4

11.1

11.5

12.1

12.3

12.8

12.7

Fraud and forgery

15.2

14.7

15.1

13.6

14.4

14.7

14.8

15.6

15.4

13.7

13.4

Criminal damage

28.6

31.7

25.3

25.6

24.6

26.4

28.2

28.8

28.3

27.2

25.3

Drug offences

30.7

31.7

30.9

33.4

34.5

37.2

39.5

40.0

41.3

40.4

38.8

Other (excl. motoring offences)

12.5

12.4

11.8

12.0

11.9

13.3

14.7

14.7

14.3

15.5

15.7

Motoring offences

9.3

9.5

9.9

9.8

9.7

10.1

10.2

10.4

10.6

10.3

10.7

All indictable

22.4

22.8

22.2

22.5

22.8

24.5

26.3

26.8

27.0

25.9

25.2

Summary non-motoring offences

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.5

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.9

Summary motoring offences

3.9

4.0

3.9

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.7

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.7

All summary offences

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.9

All offences

22.1

22.5

21.8

22.1

22.4

24.2

25.9

26.3

26.5

25.5

24.7

(1) Excludes life and indeterminate sentences.
(2) Principle offence basis.
Note:
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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