Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2010/11 and 2011/12

Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11 and 2011-12


Table 6b Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by gender of victim/perpetrator and nature of main crime/offence, Scotland, 2011-12

Number

Female victim,
male perpetrator
Male victim,
female perpetrator
Female victim,
female perpetrator
Male victim,
male perpetrator
Not recorded Total
Non-sexual crimes of violence 463 100 5 12 1 581
Sexual offences 216 3 2 2 0 223
Crimes of dishonesty 708 99 9 10 3 829
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 1,524 314 14 21 12 1,885
Other crimes 3,621 478 34 30 29 4,192
Miscellaneous offences 19,958 4,062 267 294 66 24,647
Motor vehicle offences 11 1 0 0 0 12
Behaviour not amounting to a crime 19,938 4,512 235 290 2,503 27,478
TOTAL 46,439 9,569 566 659 2,614 59,847

1. It is not possible for Strathclyde to link the crimes recorded to any nominal recorded as involved in the incident. Although someone is the victim of a domestic incident, it is possible that they are not the victim of the main crime, therefore this data should be treated with caution.

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