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 22 Action taken by the police against identified perpetrators of crimes/offences cleared up by the police, 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
Referral to procurator fiscal 11,013 14,176 14,857 15,565 15,843 18,828 21,660 23,196 24,963 23,606
Police warning 1,183 1,173 887 838 706 293 72 44 39 57
Other action1 4,967 5,007 4,781 4,692 5,399 6,761 7,037 5,772 5,534 5,007
No further action 3,165 1,180 2,908 2,466 2,935 3,637 3,290 3,311 1,774 1,455
Not recorded 1,265 293 73 243 244 7 7 47 59 134
TOTAL 21,593 21,829 23,506 23,804 25,127 29,526 32,066 32,370 32,369 30,259

1. 'Other action' includes, for example, referrals to support groups.

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