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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 10 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, 2012-13, where incidents against the victim had previously been recorded, by police force area and number of previous incidents
| Number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of previous incidents1 | |||||||
| 1 incident | 2-3 incidents | 4-5 incidents | 6-10 incidents | 11 or more incidents | Number unknown | TOTAL | |
| Central2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 250 | 235 | 134 | 113 | 98 | 10 | 840 |
| Fife | 653 | 797 | 491 | 841 | 892 | - | 3,674 |
| Grampian | 597 | 700 | 338 | 453 | 457 | 5 | 2,550 |
| Lothian & Borders | - | 261 | 103 | 63 | 47 | 5,625 | 6,099 |
| Northern | 320 | 195 | 60 | 51 | 14 | 749 | 1,389 |
| Strathclyde | 5,382 | 5,132 | 2,243 | 2,182 | 1,041 | - | 15,980 |
| Tayside | 346 | 282 | 114 | 80 | 43 | - | 865 |
| TOTAL | 7,548 | 7,602 | 3,483 | 3,783 | 2,592 | 6,389 | 31,397 |
1. Forces can only identify a repeat victim if they have been previously entered onto their database. The longer the database has been in existence, the more likely it is that a repeat victim can be recognised as such. Police forces have maintained their databases over different periods and the proportion of identified repeat victims varies accordingly.
2. Central are currently unable to provide information on repeat incidents.
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