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Homicide in Scotland, 2012-13

Statistical bulletin on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland in 2012-13

Table 6: Age and gender of persons accused of homicide¹ by rate per million population², Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

Age and gender of accused	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
	Number:
All accused	156	188	141	169	149	132	121	142	127	83
Under 16	4	8	4	7	3	4	5	4	3	-
16 to 20	29	35	45	49	32	30	28	34	27	4
21 to 30	70	71	44	60	50	43	44	42	45	37
31 to 50	48	62	44	42	55	48	31	58	46	29
51 and over	5	12	4	11	9	7	13	4	6	13
Male accused	146	169	123	156	131	114	101	114	117	66
Under 16	4	8	4	7	3	4	5	4	3	-
16 to 20	26	33	43	48	26	26	23	26	25	4
21 to 30	65	64	35	54	44	40	39	37	41	29
31 to 50	46	54	38	37	50	37	23	44	42	25
51 and over	5	10	3	10	8	7	11	3	6	8
Female accused	10	19	18	13	18	18	20	28	10	17
Under 16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 20	3	2	2	1	6	4	5	8	2	-
21 to 30	5	7	9	6	6	3	5	5	4	8
31 to 50	2	8	6	5	5	11	8	14	4	4
51 and over	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-	5
	Rate per million population:
All accused	31	37	28	33	29	26	23	27	24	16
Under 16	4	9	4	8	3	4	5	4	3	-
16 to 20	90	107	135	147	96	90	84	102	79	12
21 to 30	114	116	71	94	76	63	63	59	64	52
31 to 50	32	41	29	28	37	33	21	40	31	20
51 and over	3	7	2	6	5	4	7	2	3	7
Male accused	60	69	50	63	53	46	40	45	46	26
Under 16	8	17	8	15	6	9	11	9	6	-
16 to 20	159	197	253	282	152	151	135	153	145	24
21 to 30	213	209	113	168	133	117	110	102	118	82
31 to 50	63	74	52	51	70	52	33	63	58	35
51 and over	7	13	4	13	10	9	13	4	7	9
Female accused	4	7	7	5	7	7	7	10	4	6
Under 16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 20	19	12	12	6	37	25	31	49	12	-
21 to 30	16	23	29	19	18	9	15	14	11	22
31 to 50	3	10	8	6	6	14	11	19	5	5
51 and over	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-	5

Notes:
1. Figures correct as at 1 October 2013.
2. Population data are derived from relevant mid-year population estimates prepared by the National Records of Scotland: http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html.

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