Case processing financial year 2023 to 2024
Statistics on case processing April 2023 to March 2024
| Reports received1 | Number |
|---|---|
| Criminal reports |
148,998 |
| Death report |
13,218 |
| Total reports received |
162,216 |
| Non-court disposals2 | Number |
|---|---|
| No action |
13,803 |
| Warning letters |
2,531 |
| Conditional offers of Fixed Penalties paid |
12,449 |
| Fiscal fines paid/accepted |
9,177 |
| Compensation Orders accepted |
812 |
| Combined fiscal fines/Compensation Orders accepted |
4,876 |
| Other non-court disposals |
13,037 |
| Total non-court disposals3 |
56,685 |
| No further action | Number |
|---|---|
| Total no further action | 28,462 |
Information notes
(1) COPFS receives reports about crimes from the police and other reporting agencies and then decides what action to take, including whether to prosecute someone. We also look into deaths that need further explanation.
(2) Information on court disposals is available from the Management Information Analysis Team at the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS).
(3) There is a time lag between receipt of a case and final disposal so that, for example, some cases received in 2022-2023 will not result in a disposal until 2023-2024.
(4) No Further Action = Cases which were closed after action had been commenced or attempted (e.g. cases which were closed because the accused died, the accused could not be traced, a key witness was not available, etc.)
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