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Homicide in Scotland, 2002

Statistics on homicide in Scotland, 2002

Number of cases initially and currently recorded as homicide, 1978-2002 Table 1

Year Recorded	Initially recorded as homicide	No longer recorded as homicide ⁽¹⁾	Currently recorded as homicide ⁽²⁾
Year Recorded	Initially recorded as homicide	No longer recorded as homicide ⁽¹⁾	Total	Murder	Culpable Homicide
1978	83	5	78	41	37
1979	81	7	74	38	36
1980	90	4	86	44	42
1981	88	3	85	38	47
1982	88	9	79	47	32
1983	96	5	91	51	40
1984	91	5	86	45	41
1985	84	5	79	37	42
1986	83	4	79	47	32
1987	106	8	98	47	51
1988	89	8	81	35	46
1989	101	9	92	39	53
1990	86	6	80	35	45
1991	88	3	85	47	38
1992	137	6	131	66	65
1993	116	2	114	72	42
1994	112	4	108	66	42
1995	137	5	132	78	54
1996	120	5	115	65	50
1997	95	5	90	44	46
1998	101	7	94	62	32
1999	127	9	118	82	36
2000	106	2	104	56	48
2001	115	2	113	69	44
2002	126	1	125	78	47

1. As at 30 October 2003.
2. See Annex note 10.7 for explanation of why some cases are 'no longer recorded as homicide'.

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