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 20 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by type of main crime/offence and location of incident, Scotland, 2012-13

Number
  Joint home Victim's home Perpetrator's home Other house Street Licensed premises Other Not recorded TOTAL
Non-sexual crimes of violence 115 206 89 28 51 7 16 5 517
Sexual offences 43 102 63 18 8 2 9 3 248
Crimes of dishonesty 99 529 43 39 91 9 29 9 848
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 202 1,179 67 67 183 14 36 6 1,754
Other crimes 313 2,299 394 243 559 44 243 26 4,121
Miscellaneous offences 7,081 8,753 2,220 1,072 2,448 267 766 155 22,762
Motor vehicle offences 2 2  - 1 1 2 1  - 9
Behaviour not amounting to a crime 9,751 13,412 2,149 879 1,713 131 1,058 728 29,821
TOTAL 17,606 26,482 5,025 2,347 5,054 476 2,158 932 60,080

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