Recorded Crimes and Offences involving Firearms, Scotland, 2013-14

Statistical bulletin on crimes and offences involving firearms recorded by the police in Scotland in 2013-14.


Table 14: Offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved by local authority, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Local Authority Area 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 % change 12-13 to 13-14
Aberdeen City 13 14 22 27 20 3 3 - 6 9 n/r
Aberdeenshire 15 13 18 10 5 6 1 2 6 16 n/r
Angus 16 21 25 30 24 16 10 10 11 15 36
Argyll & Bute 14 5 11 15 5 8 11 12 10 2 -80
Clackmannanshire 7 6 7 1 2 4 3 1 2 9 n/r
Dumfries & Galloway 25 27 27 29 26 20 21 12 21 4 -81
Dundee City 47 26 45 68 36 22 21 21 12 7 -42
East Ayrshire - 15 42 37 27 18 16 12 8 14 n/r
East Dunbartonshire 13 7 28 17 16 10 10 7 3 2 n/r
East Lothian 34 35 25 35 35 20 23 11 6 7 n/r
East Renfrewshire 11 15 17 18 6 9 12 7 3 - -
Edinburgh City 187 226 187 131 151 159 86 85 44 54 23
Eilean Siar - 1 3 4 - 8 - - - - -
Falkirk 23 9 11 7 7 3 6 12 8 12 n/r
Fife 11 10 39 30 40 44 36 19 31 44 42
Glasgow City 225 194 254 210 158 132 128 79 45 37 -18
Highland 2 5 11 34 32 14 4 14 4 3 n/r
Inverclyde 35 14 16 20 10 12 12 7 6 4 n/r
Midlothian 53 41 26 27 28 24 - 7 7 7 -
Moray 5 11 11 7 2 5 1 2 2 10 n/r
North Ayrshire 66 30 41 33 18 25 19 17 11 7 -36
North Lanarkshire 54 48 112 70 74 62 60 40 33 22 -33
Orkney Islands - 1 1 2 1 - 4 1 - - -
Perth & Kinross 29 26 25 27 24 18 18 10 10 7 -30
Renfrewshire 38 50 35 55 41 28 27 16 15 20 33
Scottish Borders 30 36 23 16 41 13 13 17 4 8 n/r
Shetland Islands - 4 1 2 1 - - - - - -
South Ayrshire - 11 26 19 17 22 9 15 8 6 n/r
South Lanarkshire 53 50 66 46 49 65 42 30 21 20 -5
Stirling 5 2 7 4 10 6 8 7 10 13 30
West Dunbartonshire 22 35 43 41 23 16 13 11 - - -
West Lothian 103 80 55 71 41 49 30 51 18 15 -17
Scotland 1,136 1,068 1,260 1,143 970 841 647 535 365 374 2

Notes:

1. As a result of a change in recording practices by Lothian and Borders Police, their data for 2012-13 are not directly comparable with previous years. For further information please see Note 5.5.6.

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