Publication - Statistics

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

Published: 25 February 2020
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate, +1 more … Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: 9781839605826

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

Supporting documents

Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2018-19

	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
	Number
Aberdeen City	2,415	2,323	2,449	2,648	2,487	3,088	2,570	2,522	2,773	2,496
Aberdeenshire	584	550	605	787	886	1,408	1,330	1,463	1,616	1,497
Angus	947	969	1,187	1,154	1,241	1,329	1,226	1,125	1,139	1,041
Argyll & Bute	503	521	563	536	556	643	653	634	655	650
Clackmannanshire	707	833	792	713	782	704	698	776	831	700
Dumfries & Galloway	1,176	1,407	1,291	1,411	1,272	1,230	1,146	1,047	1,246	1,296
Dundee City	2,305	2,366	2,440	2,525	2,442	2,525	2,365	2,266	2,103	2,328
East Ayrshire	1,273	1,387	1,430	1,413	1,509	1,567	1,535	1,348	1,405	1,468
East Dunbartonshire	537	661	650	665	623	572	658	610	563	629
East Lothian	902	970	929	1,023	1,025	1,000	903	938	938	1,153
East Renfrewshire	421	481	555	551	463	535	491	518	536	510
Edinburgh City	4,923	5,233	5,287	5,313	5,231	5,730	5,541	5,445	5,722	5,807
Falkirk	1,862	2,019	2,080	1,997	2,014	1,951	2,142	2,162	2,116	1,982
Fife	4,055	3,847	4,519	4,800	4,621	4,200	4,070	4,457	4,455	4,483
Glasgow City	8,866	10,160	11,116	10,220	9,559	8,974	8,596	8,888	8,853	9,202
Highland	879	1,451	1,872	2,102	2,047	2,247	2,312	2,350	2,336	2,387
Inverclyde	640	773	951	896	811	889	812	872	894	874
Midlothian	933	860	1,036	1,125	1,124	1,103	1,116	1,040	987	1,179
Moray	389	593	694	620	377	749	730	760	714	803
Na h-Eileanan Siar	58	102	114	94	124	145	154	152	167	167
North Ayrshire	1,770	1,791	1,897	1,820	1,837	1,830	1,725	1,677	1,590	1,671
North Lanarkshire	4,157	3,662	3,680	3,996	3,900	3,963	4,006	4,406	4,587	4,824
Orkney Islands	44	107	108	95	107	114	138	102	107	127
Perth & Kinross	956	1,060	1,162	1,236	1,351	1,529	1,221	1,180	1,142	1,199
Renfrewshire	1,658	2,179	2,431	2,333	2,304	2,235	2,151	2,230	2,132	2,147
Scottish Borders	808	760	801	930	864	911	915	978	1,090	1,019
Shetland Islands	37	70	103	101	86	107	134	115	124	120
South Ayrshire	1,208	1,245	1,265	1,292	1,253	1,296	1,126	1,010	1,027	1,074
South Lanarkshire	2,717	2,920	3,166	3,064	3,026	3,085	3,253	3,285	3,311	3,504
Stirling	834	850	833	790	768	785	826	818	802	732
West Dunbartonshire	1,362	1,485	1,709	1,518	1,460	1,220	1,358	1,395	1,375	1,316
West Lothian	2,000	2,063	2,132	2,312	2,289	2,218	2,203	2,241	2,205	2,256
Scotland	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541	60,641

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Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2018-19

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