Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2011-12

Statistical bulletin on crimes and offences involving firearms recorded by the police in Scotland in 2011-12


Table 13A: Offences in which an identified firearm, other than an air weapon, was alleged to have been involved by police force area, Scotland, 2011-12

Number
Type of Offence Central Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian & Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside Scotland
Homicide - - - 1 - - 3 - 4
Attempted murder 1 - - - - - 7 - 8
Serious assault1 - - - - - 1 1 - 2
Robbery - - - - 11 - 37 - 48
Vandalism 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 4 9
Reckless conduct with firearms 11 - 2 - 8 6 7 3 37
Firearms Act 1968 offences2 2 1 2 - 20 - 28 5 58
Common assault1,3 1 2 5 - 18 - 19 9 54
Other crimes and offences - 5 3 - 32 2 16 2 60
Total 16 8 14 1 90 9 119 23 280

Notes:

1. Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, commit crime and cause fear of violence. Does not include miscellaneous firearm offences. These are presented separately in Table 15.
2. For the distinction between Serious assault and Common assault please see Note 4.5.2.

3. Common assault includes the offences of Common assault and Common assault on an emergency worker.

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