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 5: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police per 10,000 population⁴, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-20¹

	Rate per 10,000 population
Local authority	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16⁹	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Aberdeen City	111	106	110	118	110	135	112	110	121	110	112
Aberdeenshire	23	22	24	31	34	54	51	56	62	57	66
Angus	82	84	102	99	107	114	105	97	98	90	101
Argyll & Bute	56	59	63	62	63	73	75	73	75	75	80
Clackmannanshire	138	162	154	139	152	138	136	151	162	136	152
Dumfries & Galloway	78	93	85	94	85	82	77	70	84	87	94
Dundee City	159	162	166	171	165	170	160	153	141	157	166
East Ayrshire	104	113	117	115	123	128	126	110	115	120	125
East Dunbartonshire	51	63	62	63	59	54	62	57	52	58	58
East Lothian	92	98	93	101	101	98	88	90	89	109	117
East Renfrewshire	47	53	61	61	51	58	53	55	57	54	58
Edinburgh City	106	111	111	110	107	116	111	107	111	112	106
Falkirk	121	130	133	127	128	124	135	136	132	124	132
Fife	112	106	124	131	126	114	111	120	120	121	123
Glasgow City	152	173	187	172	160	150	142	145	143	147	151
Highland	38	63	80	90	88	96	99	100	99	101	101
Inverclyde	78	95	117	111	101	111	102	110	114	112	120
Midlothian	114	104	124	134	133	128	128	117	110	129	130
Moray	42	63	74	67	40	79	76	79	75	84	86
Na h-Eileanan Siar	21	37	41	34	45	53	57	57	62	62	50
North Ayrshire	128	130	137	132	134	134	127	123	117	124	129
North Lanarkshire	124	109	109	118	115	117	118	130	135	142	141
Orkney Islands	21	50	50	44	50	53	64	47	49	57	53
Perth & Kinross	66	73	79	84	91	103	81	78	76	79	82
Renfrewshire	96	125	139	134	132	128	123	127	121	121	126
Scottish Borders	71	67	70	82	76	80	80	85	95	88	100
Shetland Islands	16	30	44	44	37	46	58	50	54	52	57
South Ayrshire	107	111	112	114	111	115	100	90	91	95	117
South Lanarkshire	87	93	101	97	96	98	103	104	104	110	113
Stirling	94	95	92	87	84	86	89	87	85	78	81
West Dunbartonshire	150	164	189	168	163	136	152	155	153	148	150
West Lothian	116	119	122	131	130	125	123	124	122	124	126
Scotland	99	106	113	113	110	112	108	109	110	112	115

Please see Notes for tables at end of this chapter.

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Table 5: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police per 10,000 population4, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-201

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Table 5: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police per 10,000 population⁴, by local authority, 2009-10 to 2019-20¹