26 Feb 2008 : Column 1498W—continued
| 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
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All offences
|
22.1
|
22.5
|
21.8
|
22.1
|
22.4
|
24.2
|
25.9
|
26.3
|
26.5
|
25.5
|
24.7
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(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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