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Recorded Crimes And Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2010-11
Firearm offences 2010-11
Table 5. How main firearm recorded was used in offences involving the alleged use of a firearm, Scotland, 2001-02 to 2010-11
| Number & Percentage | ||||||||||||
| How Firearm Used | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 1 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | % change 09-10 to 10-11 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fired | - fatal injury | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | n/r |
| - non-fatal injury | 326 | 340 | 239 | 316 | 189 | 240 | 208 | 136 | 152 | 109 | -28 | |
| - damage to property | 341 | 334 | 415 | 500 | 499 | 314 | 222 | 211 | 177 | 91 | -49 | |
| - no injury/damage | 22 | 45 | 26 | 61 | 68 | 231 | 286 | 224 | 186 | 139 | -25 | |
| Total Fired | 694 | 722 | 682 | 885 | 764 | 793 | 720 | 573 | 517 | 341 | -34 | |
| Used as a blunt instrument | 18 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 8 | |
| Used to threaten | 186 | 170 | 183 | 202 | 216 | 318 | 266 | 236 | 217 | 248 | 14 | |
| Other uses | 106 | 134 | 86 | 35 | 78 | 130 | 147 | 141 | 97 | 41 | -58 | |
| Total | 1,004 | 1,035 | 957 | 1,136 | 1,068 | 1,259 | 1,143 | 962 | 843 | 643 | -24 | |
1. 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).
Table 5A. How main identified firearm, other than an air weapon, was used in offences involving the alleged use of a firearm, Scotland, 2001-02 to 2010-11
| Number & Percentage | ||||||||||||
| How Firearm Used | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 1 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | % change 09-10 to 10-11 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fired | - fatal injury | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | n/r |
| - non-fatal injury | 26 | 37 | 31 | 73 | 61 | 74 | 104 | 59 | 69 | 55 | -20 | |
| - damage to property | 8 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 32 | 46 | 31 | 34 | 27 | -21 | |
| - no injury/damage | 9 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 62 | 72 | 67 | 48 | 50 | 4 | |
| Total Fired | 34 | 49 | 41 | 94 | 106 | 110 | 152 | 91 | 104 | 84 | -19 | |
| Used as a blunt instrument | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | n/r | |
| Used to threaten | 61 | 69 | 64 | 91 | 133 | 156 | 154 | 177 | 129 | 170 | 32 | |
| Other uses | 49 | 89 | 40 | 21 | 50 | 63 | 78 | 80 | 56 | 26 | -54 | |
| Total | 156 | 222 | 156 | 232 | 329 | 401 | 462 | 424 | 345 | 340 | -1 | |
1. 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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