Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2016/17

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland.


Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2007-08 to 2016-17(1)

Number

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Aberdeen City 2,138 2,388 2,415 2,323 2,449 2,648 2,487 3,088 2,570 2,522
Aberdeenshire 707 639 584 550 605 787 886 1,408 1,330 1,463
Angus 852 983 947 969 1,187 1,154 1,241 1,329 1,226 1,125
Argyll & Bute 481 517 503 521 563 536 556 643 653 634
Clackmannanshire 629 720 707 833 792 713 782 704 698 776
Dumfries & Galloway 1,204 1,306 1,176 1,407 1,291 1,411 1,272 1,230 1,146 1,047
Dundee City 1,937 2,135 2,305 2,366 2,440 2,525 2,442 2,525 2,365 2,266
East Ayrshire 1,253 1,252 1,273 1,387 1,430 1,413 1,509 1,567 1,535 1,348
East Dunbartonshire 596 642 537 661 650 665 623 572 658 610
East Lothian 729 926 902 970 929 1,023 1,025 1,000 903 938
East Renfrewshire 394 382 421 481 555 551 463 535 491 518
Edinburgh City 5,081 5,103 4,923 5,233 5,287 5,313 5,231 5,730 5,541 5,445
Falkirk 1,885 2,107 1,862 2,019 2,080 1,997 2,014 1,951 2,142 2,162
Fife 3,926 3,987 4,055 3,847 4,519 4,800 4,621 4,200 4,070 4,457
Glasgow City 8,975 9,664 8,866 10,160 11,116 10,220 9,559 8,974 8,596 8,888
Highland 995 1,006 879 1,451 1,872 2,102 2,047 2,247 2,312 2,350
Inverclyde 918 821 640 773 951 896 811 889 812 872
Midlothian 777 917 933 860 1,036 1,125 1,124 1,103 1,116 1,040
Moray 561 443 389 593 694 620 377 749 730 760
Na h-Eileanan Siar 82 94 58 102 114 94 124 145 154 152
North Ayrshire 1,468 1,639 1,770 1,791 1,897 1,820 1,837 1,830 1,725 1,677
North Lanarkshire 3,197 4,068 4,157 3,662 3,680 3,996 3,900 3,963 4,006 4,406
Orkney Islands 24 21 44 107 108 95 107 114 138 102
Perth & Kinross 880 930 956 1,060 1,162 1,236 1,351 1,529 1,221 1,180
Renfrewshire 1,902 2,045 1,658 2,179 2,431 2,333 2,304 2,235 2,151 2,230
Scottish Borders 592 665 808 760 801 930 864 911 915 978
Shetland Islands 51 42 37 70 103 101 86 107 134 115
South Ayrshire 1,147 1,105 1,208 1,245 1,265 1,292 1,253 1,296 1,126 1,010
South Lanarkshire 2,379 2,959 2,717 2,920 3,166 3,064 3,026 3,085 3,253 3,285
Stirling 759 782 834 850 833 790 768 785 826 818
West Dunbartonshire 1,642 1,602 1,362 1,485 1,709 1,518 1,460 1,220 1,358 1,395
West Lothian 1,788 2,041 2,000 2,063 2,132 2,312 2,289 2,218 2,203 2,241
Scotland 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847 60,080 58,439 59,882 58,104 58,810

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

Contact

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