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Recorded Crimes And Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2010-11
Firearm offences 2010-11
Table 7. Main firearm recorded in offences in which a weapon was alleged to have been fired causing fatal or non-fatal injury, Scotland, 2001-02 to 2010-11
| Number & Percentage | |||||||||||
| Main Firearm Recorded 1 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 2 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | % 09-10 to 10-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | n/r |
| Rifle | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | n/r |
| Pistol/Revolver | 6 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 10 | n/r |
| Air Weapon | 162 | 149 | 100 | 96 | 121 | 145 | 94 | 67 | 78 | 48 | -38 |
| Imitation Firearm | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | n/r |
| Unidentified | 143 | 157 | 109 | 153 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | n/r |
| Other | 13 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 42 | 46 | 77 | 46 | 57 | 36 | -37 |
| Total identified firearms (excluding air weapons) | 26 | 37 | 32 | 75 | 66 | 78 | 106 | 60 | 70 | 57 | -19 |
| Total | 331 | 343 | 241 | 324 | 197 | 248 | 212 | 138 | 154 | 111 | -28 |
1. See Annex 5.4.4.
2. Figures revised to include data for Quarter 1 (April-June) 2008 for Fife Constabulary which had previously been omitted.
n/r - not reported (base denominator below 10 - see Annex 5.6.1).
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