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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 17 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim/perpetrator, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13
| Number | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
| Spouse | 8,415 | 8,439 | 8,504 | 8,230 | 8,077 | 8,363 | 7,632 | 7,810 | 7,440 | 7,562 |
| Cohabitee | 10,083 | 10,504 | 10,317 | 11,737 | 12,127 | 12,197 | 11,117 | 10,809 | 10,866 | 10,771 |
| Partner | 6,737 | 7,067 | 7,129 | 8,673 | 9,944 | 11,234 | 11,379 | 12,317 | 13,189 | 13,265 |
| Ex-spouse | 2,783 | 2,369 | 2,364 | 2,174 | 2,280 | 2,301 | 2,046 | 2,237 | 2,081 | 2,051 |
| Ex-partner | 9,824 | 11,723 | 13,139 | 14,523 | 16,475 | 19,442 | 18,907 | 21,730 | 23,372 | 23,197 |
| Other | 959 | 3,476 | 3,863 | 3,436 | 896 | 386 | 372 | 609 | 360 | 334 |
| Not recorded1 | 2,434 | 55 | 15 | 35 | 150 | 8 | 473 | 186 | 2,539 | 2,900 |
| TOTAL | 41,235 | 43,633 | 45,331 | 48,808 | 49,949 | 53,931 | 51,926 | 55,698 | 59,847 | 60,080 |
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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