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Homicide in Scotland, 2011-12

Statistical bulletin on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland in 2011-12

Number

Gender of victim and main motive	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
All victims	125	109	137	95	120	115	99	82	101	90
All victims - solved cases	122	108	135	92	119	112	96	81	100	86
Rage, fury	21	20	22	10	14	23	10	13	20	5
Fight or quarrel	44	41	43	35	34	33	33	27	30	37
Jealousy	4	1	4	4	3	6	6	3	8	2
Sexual	1	2	1	2	3	1	3	4	-	2
Financial (theft or gain)	6	4	6	2	3	1	9	3	8	8
Feud, faction rivalry	13	8	16	11	14	8	8	6	5	8
Insanity	4	-	3	-	3	1	2	1	3	5
Contract killing	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Suicide pact or mercy killing	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	1
Other	14	17	14	10	15	20	7	7	7	8
Unknown	15	14	26	16	28	18	17	17	17	10
Male victims - solved cases	109	101	118	78	110	102	82	65	85	78
Rage, fury	18	20	20	10	14	20	7	6	16	4
Fight or quarrel	38	40	40	28	32	32	32	22	29	36
Jealousy	4	1	4	3	2	6	5	3	7	2
Sexual	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	3	-	2
Financial (theft or gain)	5	3	6	2	3	1	9	2	6	7
Feud, faction rivalry	13	8	16	11	14	8	7	6	5	8
Insanity	3	-	3	-	3	1	1	1	3	4
Contract killing	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-
Suicide pact or mercy killing	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-
Other	14	13	13	10	11	16	5	7	4	7
Unknown	13	13	15	10	26	16	14	15	13	8
Female victims - solved cases	13	7	17	14	9	10	14	16	15	8
Rage, fury	3	-	2	-	-	3	3	7	4	1
Fight or quarrel	6	1	3	7	2	1	1	5	1	1
Jealousy	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-
Sexual	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Financial (theft or gain)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Feud, faction rivalry	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Insanity	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Contract killing
Suicide pact or mercy killing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Other	-	4	1	-	4	4	2	-	3	1
Unknown	2	1	11	6	2	2	3	2	4	2

Notes:

1. Figures correct as at 6 November 2012.

2. For further information on the main motive please see Note 4.11.

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