Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2012-13

This bulletin presents statistics on domestic abuse, based on details of incidents supplied by the eight Scottish police forces in 2012-13


Table 21 Action taken by the police against identified perpetrators of crimes/offences cleared up by the police, by police force area, 2012-13

Number
  Referral to procurator fiscal Police warning Other action1 No further action Not recorded TOTAL
Central 1,103 4 314 122  - 1,543
Dumfries & Galloway 471 1 67 29  - 568
Fife 1,566 3 352 70  - 1,991
Grampian 1,244 7 1,055 230 125 2,661
Lothian & Borders 2,619 5 965 17 8 3,614
Northern 1,080 12 35 46  - 1,173
Strathclyde 14,163 8 2,217 102 1 16,491
Tayside 1,360 17 2 839  - 2,218
Scotland 23,606 57 5,007 1,455 134 30,259

1. 'Other action' includes, for example, referrals to support groups.

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