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 5 Incidents of domestic abuse, by gender of victim and financial year, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

                  Number
  2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Female 36,139 38,152 39,438 42,374 42,751 45,831 43,002 45,882 47,125 46,628
Male 4,041 4,955 5,394 5,999 6,794 7,936 8,673 9,626 10,245 10,658
Transgender1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ** ** 21 13
Unknown2 1,055 526 499 435 404 164 ** ** 2,456 2,781
TOTAL 41,235 43,633 45,331 48,808 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847 60,080

1. 2009-10 was the first year in which a separate code for Transgender was used in the data collection. See note 4.4.

2. In April 2011-12, Tayside made a change to the way domestic incidents are recorded which has resulted in an increase in the number of incidents with unknown details. See note 4.5.

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