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

Published: 30 October 2012
ISBN: 9781782561965

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

Table 17 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim/perpetrator, Scotland, 2002-03 to 2011-12

Number

	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Spouse	8,364	8,415	8,439	8,504	8,230	8,077	8,363	7,632	7,810	7,440
Co-habitee	9,152	10,083	10,504	10,317	11,737	12,127	12,197	11,117	10,809	10,866
Partner	6,552	6,737	7,067	7,129	8,673	9,944	11,234	11,379	12,317	13,189
Ex-spouse	2,662	2,783	2,369	2,364	2,174	2,280	2,301	2,046	2,237	2,081
Ex-partner	8,309	9,824	11,723	13,139	14,523	16,475	19,442	18,907	21,730	23,372
Other	228	959	3,476	3,863	3,436	896	386	372	609	360
Not recorded¹	610	2,434	55	15	35	150	8	473	186	2,539
TOTAL	35,877	41,235	43,633	45,331	48,808	49,949	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847

1. 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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Table 17 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim/perpetrator, Scotland, 2002-03 to 2011-12

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