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Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons
This report presents information on handling offensive weapons recorded by the police.
Table 16: Quality of crime recordings, April to September 2017, by Police Division.
| Weapon not used | Weapon used | Apr - Sep 2017 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Sample | Number correct | Number incorrect | % correctly classified | Sample | Number correct | Number incorrect | % correctly classified | Sample | Number correct | Number incorrect | % correctly classified |
| Scotland | 500 | 444 | 56 | 89% | 500 | 466 | 34 | 93% | 1,000 | 910 | 90 | 91% |
| Argyll and West Dunbartonshire | 14 | 11 | 3 | 79% | 24 | 23 | 1 | 96% | 38 | 34 | 4 | 89% |
| Ayrshire | 38 | 31 | 7 | 82% | 25 | 25 | 0 | 100% | 63 | 56 | 7 | 89% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 17 | 16 | 1 | 94% | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% | 27 | 26 | 1 | 96% |
| Edinburgh | 49 | 42 | 7 | 86% | 43 | 39 | 4 | 91% | 92 | 81 | 11 | 88% |
| Fife | 22 | 18 | 4 | 82% | 31 | 25 | 6 | 81% | 53 | 43 | 10 | 81% |
| Forth Valley | 32 | 32 | 0 | 100% | 18 | 17 | 1 | 94% | 50 | 49 | 1 | 98% |
| Greater Glasgow | 120 | 106 | 14 | 88% | 152 | 144 | 8 | 95% | 272 | 250 | 22 | 92% |
| Highlands and Islands | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80% | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | 23 | 19 | 4 | 83% |
| Lanarkshire | 77 | 70 | 7 | 91% | 78 | 73 | 5 | 94% | 155 | 143 | 12 | 92% |
| Lothians and Scottish Borders | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95% | 20 | 16 | 4 | 80% | 41 | 36 | 5 | 88% |
| North East | 42 | 40 | 2 | 95% | 35 | 33 | 2 | 94% | 77 | 73 | 4 | 95% |
| Renfrewshire and Inverclyde | 28 | 21 | 7 | 75% | 27 | 25 | 2 | 93% | 55 | 46 | 9 | 84% |
| Tayside | 25 | 25 | 0 | 100% | 29 | 29 | 0 | 100% | 54 | 54 | 0 | 100% |
| CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN COMPARING INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS TO THE NATIONAL POSITION, AS AT LEAST PART OF ANY DIFFERENCE MAY BE DUE TO SAMPLING ERROR | ||||||||||||
| The only divisions that had a statistically significant difference overall to the national position were Forth Valley and Tayside (both of which were higher than the national position) | ||||||||||||
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