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Table 1: Total criminal caseload in the District Courts 1996-2007.

Year Total Cases
1996* 459,118
1997* 462,669
1998* 514,346
1999* 497,660
2000 446,705
2001 450,105
2002 418,735
2003 385,375
20041 357,797
2005 343,508
2006 378,047
2007 436,617

*Year ending on 31/7

  1. The figures for the period 1996-2000 were taken from Page 58 of the Courts Service Annual Report for 2000 which provided a retrospective table in relation to all types of business in the District Court 1996-2000. In 2004, the method of reporting changed, and the figures from that point on, refer to the total number of indictable (headline) cases dealt with summarily and summary (non-headline) cases disposed of in the District Court.

Note: Each individual offence a defendant is charged with is counted as a separate 'case'. For instance, if a single defendant is charged with 'assault' and 'criminal damage', this will count as two cases in the statistics, with two disposals.

 

(Source: Court Service Reports 2000-2007)

 

 

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