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Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2012

Number and rate

Police Force Area	Applications				Cancellations¹	Revocations¹	Shotgun certificates on issue	Shotgun certificates on issue per 100,000 population²
	New Shotgun Certificate		Renewal of Shotgun Certificate
	Granted	Refused	Granted	Refused
Central	75	-	493	-	126	-	2,093	707
Dumfries & Galloway	143	1	1,153	-	209	-	4,178	2,822
Fife	140	-	507	-	142	2	2,638	718
Grampian	401	3	1,908	-	514	1	8,586	1,546
Lothian & Borders	304	13	1,925	-	334	19	7,925	824
Northern	281	12	2,082	1	349	13	8,454	2,904
Strathclyde	331	7	1,883	4	497	8	8,621	387
Tayside	213	2	1,632	1	235	2	5,673	1,398
Scotland	1,888	38	11,583	6	2,406	45	48,168	917

Notes:

1. For further information on cancellation and revocations of firearm or shotgun certificates please see Note 4.2.8.

2. Population estimates are as at mid-year 2011 from the National Records of Scotland. The mid-year 2012 population estimates are scheduled for publication in summer 2013. (http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html)

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