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 8 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police in 2012-13, where incidents against the same victim had previously been recorded, by police force area

            Number & Percentage
  Number1 Percent of incidents where this information is available which involved repeat victimisation
No previous incidents Previous incidents TOTAL where information available Information not available TOTAL
Central2  -  -  -  3,500  3,500  -
Dumfries & Galloway  571  840  1,411  -  1,411  60
Fife  1,126  3,674  4,800  -  4,800  77
Grampian  1,495  2,550  4,045  10  4,055  63
Lothian & Borders  2,448  6,099  8,547  2,156  10,703  71
Northern  661  1,389  2,050  342  2,392  68
Strathclyde  12,324  15,980  28,304  -  28,304  56
Tayside  1,369  865  2,234  2,681  4,915  39
TOTAL  19,994  31,397  51,391  8,689  60,080  61

1. Figures represent a count of previous incidents, not the sum of previous incidents.

2. Central are currently unable to provide information on repeat incidents.

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