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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

										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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