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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
Table 6 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by gender of victim/perpetrator and nature of main crime/offence1, Scotland, 2012-13
| Number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female victim, male perpetrator | Male victim, female perpetrator | Female victim, female perpetrator | Male victim, male perpetrator | Not recorded |
Total | |
| Non-sexual crimes of violence | 398 | 98 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 517 |
| Sexual offences | 234 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 248 |
| Crimes of dishonesty | 693 | 127 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 848 |
| Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. | 1,467 | 238 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 1,754 |
| Other crimes | 3,490 | 526 | 37 | 26 | 42 | 4,121 |
| Miscellaneous offences | 18,394 | 3,813 | 215 | 282 | 58 | 22,762 |
| Motor vehicle offences | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Behaviour not amounting to a crime | 21,233 | 5,137 | 324 | 316 | 2,811 | 29,821 |
| TOTAL | 45,916 | 9,946 | 605 | 677 | 2,936 | 60,080 |
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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