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 19 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by location of incident, 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
Joint home 16,705 17,257 16,882 17,677 17,760 18,463 16,947 17,417 17,801 17,606
Victim's home 16,325 17,716 19,503 20,690 20,999 23,197 22,186 24,313 26,722 26,482
Perpetrator's home 2,177 2,340 2,338 3,036 3,467 3,960 4,179 4,614 5,103 5,025
Other house 1,246 1,501 1,369 1,728 1,844 2,219 2,220 2,360 2,462 2,347
Street 2,473 2,992 3,403 3,666 3,743 4,174 4,568 4,929 5,251 5,054
Licensed premises 268 327 342 367 351 389 404 424 524 476
Other 434 530 608 702 807 1,506 1,419 1,538 1,891 2,158
Not recorded 1,607 970 886 942 978 23 3 103 93 932
TOTAL 41,235 43,633 45,331 48,808 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847 60,080

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