How many criminals involved in drug dealing were caught, convicted and sentenced during (a) 2002, (b) 2003, (c) 2004, (d) 2005, (e) 2006 an…

The available informationis given in the tables for the years for which data is available. The statisticsdealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable fora number of reasons. A singlecrime or offence recorded by the police may have more than one perpetrator, or alternatively,an individual may be convicted of several cases of the same crime. There is the possibility that the crime oroffence recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings,while a crime or offence may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedingsnot concluded until a later year. Crimes and offences alleged to have been committedby children under 16 years old are also generally dealt with through the children’shearings system rather than through the courts.
Offences Recordedby Police for Supply or Possession with Intent to Supply Drugs by Police ForceArea, 2002-03 to 2006-07
Police Force Area
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07

Central
| 508
| 543
| 551
| 585
| 629

Dumfries and Galloway
| 345
| 426
| 332
| 274
| 305

Fife
| 657
| 544
| 680
| 555
| 619

Grampian
| 889
| 594
| 695
| 731
| 730

Lothian and Borders
| 1,948
| 1,677
| 1,896
| 1,884
| 2,532

Northern
| 294
| 435
| 287
| 388
| 492

Strathclyde
| 4,623
| 4,293
| 3,820
| 4,124
| 4,357

Tayside
|