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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 4 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by police force area where gender of victim was recorded, 2012-13

Number
  All incidents where gender recorded Crimes1 Offences1 Behaviour not leading to the recording of a crime or offence
  Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
Central 2,951 515 3,466 478 59 537 850 146 996 1,623 310 1,933
Dumfries & Galloway 1,283 128 1,411 143 9 152 366 50 416 774 69 843
Fife 4,043 753 4,796 485 65 550 1,197 243 1,440 2,361 445 2,806
Grampian 3,389 666 4,055 470 48 518 1,747 396 2,143 1,172 222 1,394
Lothian & Borders 8,940 1,760 10,700 948 107 1,055 2,195 363 2,558 5,797 1,290 7,087
Northern 1,908 484 2,392 152 32 184 785 204 989 971 248 1,219
Strathclyde 22,246 6,033 28,279 3,275 701 3,976 10,050 2,448 12,498 8,921 2,884 11,805
Tayside 1,868 319 2,187 402 59 461 1,450 260 1,710 16 0 16
TOTAL 46,628 10,658 57,286 6,353 1,080 7,433 18,640 4,110 22,750 21,635 5,468 27,103

1. Although someone is the victim of a domestic incident, it is possible that they are not the victim of the main crime, therefore data linking gender with crime, should be treated with caution.

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