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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016
Statistics on those crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved or where a firearm was stolen.
Table 6: Use of firearm in offences involving the alleged use of a firearm, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16
Number & Percentage
| How Firearm Used | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-131 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | % change 14-15 to 15-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fired - fatal injury | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Fired - non-fatal injury | 240 | 208 | 141 | 152 | 109 | 90 | 65 | 42 | 48 | 34 | -29 |
| Fired - damage to property | 314 | 222 | 211 | 175 | 91 | 77 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 69 | -3 |
| Fired - no injury/damage | 231 | 287 | 223 | 186 | 139 | 114 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 81 | -2 |
| Total Fired | 793 | 721 | 577 | 515 | 341 | 286 | 194 | 183 | 202 | 185 | -8 |
| Used as a blunt instrument | 18 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | n/r |
| Used to threaten | 319 | 267 | 240 | 218 | 251 | 197 | 129 | 144 | 133 | 117 | -12 |
| Other uses | 130 | 147 | 142 | 96 | 42 | 39 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 23 | 53 |
| Total | 1,260 | 1,145 | 970 | 841 | 647 | 535 | 365 | 377 | 358 | 332 | -7 |
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 4.6.6.
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