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 12 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by age of victim, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Number
Age Group of Victim 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Under 16 42 55 57 49 51 75 105 147 133 152
16-18 1,431 1,671 1,914 2,278 2,294 2,517 2,641 2,737 2,715 2,506
19-21 3,285 3,673 3,951 4,786 4,981 5,442 5,285 5,637 5,625 5,577
22-25 5,224 5,521 5,997 6,544 6,835 7,710 7,503 8,296 8,591 8,517
26-30 6,324 6,663 6,820 7,394 7,862 9,002 8,794 9,325 9,873 9,831
31-35 6,906 7,223 7,193 7,315 7,309 7,687 7,130 7,824 8,375 8,458
36-40 6,460 6,925 6,974 7,377 7,324 7,578 6,977 7,193 7,544 6,955
41-50 7,138 8,046 8,528 9,103 9,321 9,958 9,702 10,166 10,361 10,598
51-60 2,118 2,314 2,524 2,599 2,592 2,876 2,670 3,181 3,051 3,414
61 and over1 576 699 583 649 685 807 854 979 959 1,122
Not recorded1,2 1,731 843 790 714 695 279 265 213 2,620 2,950
TOTAL 41,235 43,633 45,331 48,808 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847 60,080

1. Data for 2006-07 to 2009-10 has been revised following the identification of a number of incidents where the perpetrators age was unknown, which had been included in the category 61 and over. 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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