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

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

Table 7: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim & accused, Scotland, 2019-20

	2019-20
Relationship between victim and accused	Number	Percentage¹⁰
Spouse/Civil partner	5,918	11%
Co-habitee	9,397	17%
Partner	12,304	23%
Ex-spouse/Civil partner	2,453	4%
Ex-partner	24,124	44%
Other	488	1%
Unknown	8,223	-
Total	62,907	100%

Please see Notes for tables at end of this chapter.

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