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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2018/19

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland for 2018 to 2019.

Table 1: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, Scotland, 1999-00 to 2018-19

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	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
	Number
Incidents including the recording of a crime or offence	14,653	13,950	13,926	15,669	21,593	21,829	23,506	23,832	25,127	29,526	32,066
Crimes	1,884	2,296	2,304	2,817	3,612	4,679	4,876	5,235	5,639	6,416	6,630
Offences	12,769	11,654	11,622	12,852	17,981	17,150	18,630	18,597	19,488	23,110	25,436
Incidents not including the recording of a crime or offence	18,534	21,175	21,322	20,208	19,642	21,804	21,825	25,052	24,822	24,405	19,860
Total Incidents	33,187	35,125	35,248	35,877	41,235	43,633	45,331	48,884	49,949	53,931	51,926
	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14		2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Incidents including the recording of a crime or offence	32,370	32,369	30,259	31,769		32,569	29,906	27,495	26,273	24,831
Crimes	7,161	7,710	7,488	8,260		-	-	7,621	8,017	8,303
Offences	25,209	24,659	22,771	23,509		-	-	19,874	18,256	16,528
Incidents not including the recording of a crime or offence	23,328	27,478	29,821	26,670		27,313	28,198	31,315	33,268	35,810
Total Incidents	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439		59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541	60,641

Additional Tables

All tables and charts, including additional tables, can be accessed online via the following link: http://www.gov.scot/publications/domestic-abuse-scotland-2018-2019-statistics/.

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