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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 11: Age and gender of main victim in offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been fired causing fatal or non-fatal injury, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16
Number
| Age and Gender of Main Victim | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All victims | 248 | 212 | 143 | 154 | 111 | 95 | 66 | 43 | 48 | 35 |
| 10 or under | 30 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 to 15 | 60 | 46 | 25 | 43 | 39 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| 16 to 20 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 21 to 30 | 53 | 39 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| 31 or over | 68 | 68 | 52 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
| Male victims | 190 | 154 | 105 | 105 | 81 | 77 | 41 | 31 | 31 | 20 |
| 10 or under | 22 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 11 to 15 | 44 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 16 to 20 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 21 to 30 | 43 | 36 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 31 or over | 52 | 45 | 36 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Female victims | 57 | 57 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
| 10 or under | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 11 to 15 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 16 to 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 to 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 or over | 16 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Police Officer | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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