Publication - Statistics

Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2019/20

Published: 22 June 2021
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate, +1 more … Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: 9781802010312

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland in 2019/20.

Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-20¹

	Number
Local authority	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Aberdeen City	2,415	2,323	2,449	2,648	2,487	3,088	2,570	2,522	2,773	2,496	2,566
Aberdeenshire	584	550	605	787	886	1,408	1,330	1,463	1,616	1,497	1,737
Angus	947	969	1,187	1,154	1,241	1,329	1,226	1,125	1,139	1,041	1,179
Argyll & Bute	503	521	563	536	556	643	653	634	655	650	687
Clackmannanshire	707	833	792	713	782	704	698	776	831	700	781
Dumfries & Galloway	1,176	1,407	1,291	1,411	1,272	1,230	1,146	1,047	1,246	1,296	1,394
Dundee City	2,305	2,366	2,440	2,525	2,442	2,525	2,365	2,266	2,103	2,328	2,480
East Ayrshire	1,273	1,387	1,430	1,413	1,509	1,567	1,535	1,348	1,405	1,468	1,524
East Dunbartonshire	537	661	650	665	623	572	658	610	563	629	634
East Lothian	902	970	929	1,023	1,025	1,000	903	938	938	1,153	1,258
East Renfrewshire	421	481	555	551	463	535	491	518	536	510	554
Edinburgh City	4,923	5,233	5,287	5,313	5,231	5,730	5,541	5,445	5,722	5,807	5,575
Falkirk	1,862	2,019	2,080	1,997	2,014	1,951	2,142	2,162	2,116	1,982	2,123
Fife	4,055	3,847	4,519	4,800	4,621	4,200	4,070	4,457	4,455	4,483	4,599
Glasgow City	8,866	10,160	11,116	10,220	9,559	8,974	8,596	8,888	8,853	9,202	9,539
Highland	879	1,451	1,872	2,102	2,047	2,247	2,312	2,350	2,336	2,387	2,374
Inverclyde	640	773	951	896	811	889	812	872	894	874	935
Midlothian	933	860	1,036	1,125	1,124	1,103	1,116	1,040	987	1,179	1,206
Moray	389	593	694	620	377	749	730	760	714	803	828
Na h-Eileanan Siar	58	102	114	94	124	145	154	152	167	167	133
North Ayrshire	1,770	1,791	1,897	1,820	1,837	1,830	1,725	1,677	1,590	1,671	1,744
North Lanarkshire	4,157	3,662	3,680	3,996	3,900	3,963	4,006	4,406	4,587	4,824	4,801
Orkney Islands	44	107	108	95	107	114	138	102	107	127	118
Perth & Kinross	956	1,060	1,162	1,236	1,351	1,529	1,221	1,180	1,142	1,199	1,249
Renfrewshire	1,658	2,179	2,431	2,333	2,304	2,235	2,151	2,230	2,132	2,147	2,260
Scottish Borders	808	760	801	930	864	911	915	978	1,090	1,019	1,152
Shetland Islands	37	70	103	101	86	107	134	115	124	120	131
South Ayrshire	1,208	1,245	1,265	1,292	1,253	1,296	1,126	1,010	1,027	1,074	1,313
South Lanarkshire	2,717	2,920	3,166	3,064	3,026	3,085	3,253	3,285	3,311	3,504	3,619
Stirling	834	850	833	790	768	785	826	818	802	732	766
West Dunbartonshire	1,362	1,485	1,709	1,518	1,460	1,220	1,358	1,395	1,375	1,316	1,338
West Lothian	2,000	2,063	2,132	2,312	2,289	2,218	2,203	2,241	2,205	2,256	2,310
Scotland	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541	60,641	62,907

Please see Notes for tables at end of this chapter.

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Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-201

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Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-20¹