Publication - Statistics

Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2012-13

Published: 20 November 2013
ISBN: 9781782569770

Statistical bulletin on crimes and offences involving firearms recorded by the police in Scotland in 2012-13

Table 14: Offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved by police force area, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Number & Percentage

Police Force Area	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	% change 11-12 to 12-13
Central	19	35	17	25	12	18	13	17	20	20	-
Dumfries & Galloway	22	25	27	27	29	26	20	21	12	21	75
Fife	12	11	10	39	30	40	44	36	19	31	63
Grampian	41	33	38	51	44	27	14	5	4	14	n/r
Lothian & Borders¹	328	407	418	316	280	296	265	152	171	79	-54
Northern	-	2	11	16	42	34	22	8	15	4	-73
Strathclyde	452	531	474	691	581	444	407	359	253	163	-36
Tayside	83	92	73	95	125	84	56	49	41	33	-20
Scotland	957	1,136	1,068	1,260	1,143	969	841	647	535	365	-32

Notes:

1. As a result of a change in recording practices by Lothian and Borders Police, their data for 2012-13 are not directly comparable with previous years. For further information please see Note 4.4.7.

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