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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 7: Type of firearm by use of weapon in offences involving the alleged use of a firearm, Scotland, 2015-16
Number
| Main Firearm Recorded 1 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How Firearm Used | Shotgun | Rifle | Pistol/ Revolver | Air Weapon | Imitation | Unidentified | Other | Total |
| Fired - fatal injury | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fired - non-fatal injury | 1 | - | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 34 |
| Fired - damage to property | 5 | 2 | - | 51 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 71 |
| Fired - no injury/damage | 5 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 79 |
| Total Fired | 11 | 3 | 6 | 113 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 185 |
| Used as a blunt instrument | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Used to threaten | 6 | 2 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 117 |
| Other uses | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 13 | 23 |
| Total | 17 | 5 | 43 | 158 | 32 | 23 | 54 | 332 |
Notes:
1. For further information on the main firearm recorded please see Note 4.6.8.
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