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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