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Publication - Statistics

Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2012-13

Published
8 October 2013
ISBN
9781782568759

This bulletin presents statistics on domestic abuse, based on details of incidents supplied by the eight Scottish police forces in 2012-13

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Table 23 Percentage of incidents of domestic abuse reported to the procurator fiscal1, where a crime/offence recorded and action taken is known, by police force area, 2012-13

  Percentage
                  Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian & Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside SCOTLAND
Total crimes and offences 71 83 79 49 73 92 86 61 78
Non-sexual crimes of abuse 80 100 67 62 62 100 98 78 85
Homicide2 100 - 100 100 - - 100 100 100
Attempted murder & serious assault3 76 100 100 75 97 100 98 94 94
Other 92 100 44 50 41 100 99 57 71
Sexual offences 63 67 60 20 71 83 73 55 67
Rape & attempted rape 40 67 60 33 67 - 75 67 68
Sexual assault4 100 - - - 80 100 73 50 66
Other - - - - - - 40 - 33
Crimes of dishonesty 55 100 69 20 56 83 77 47 65
Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 72 81 77 36 71 94 89 65 77
Fire-raising      67 100 71 25 100 100 89 100 76
Vandalism, etc.   72 80 77 36 71 94 89 65 78
Other crimes 81 84 81 66 88 98 97 89 91
Crimes against public justice 82 85 80 64 87 98 97 89 91
Handling an offensive weapon 60 50 100 90 100 100 100 100 93
Drugs              79 67 - 91 94 - 100 100 88
Other - - - - 75 - 100 - 57
Miscellaneous offences 70 82 79 49 70 91 84 58 77
Common assault5 69 82 83 54 70 91 81 57 75
Breach of the peace etc.6 77 79 52 60 66 92 89 66 78
Threatening or abusive behaviour6 - - - - - - - - -
Stalking6 59 73 - 19 46 100 82 41 67
Drunkenness       - - - - - - - - -
Other  100 100 - - 100 - 100 - 89
Motor vehicle offences 100 100 - - 100 - 100 - 89

1. Different police forces record domestic abuse information in differing ways. Police practice in deciding when behaviour justifies the recording of a crime or offence may also differ. These differences influence the proportion of incidents which lead to the recording of a crime or offence, as well as the proportion of crimes and offences reported to the procurator fiscal. See note 4.5.

2. Includes murder and culpable homicide, which includes death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs, causing death by careless driving and corporate homicide.

3. For the definition of Serious assault, please see note 4.8.

4. Implementation of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 will have an effect on comparability of breakdown of Sexual offences over time. For further information, please see note 4.7.

5. Includes Common assault and Common assault of an emergency worker.

6. Threatening or abusive behaviour and Stalking were introduced in late 2010. These offences would previously have been included in Breach of the peace.

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