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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 11a: Age and gender of main victim in offences in which an identified firearm (excluding air weapons) 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 | 78 | 106 | 61 | 70 | 57 | 43 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 16 |
| 10 or under | 10 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 to 15 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 to 20 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 to 30 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 31 or over | 23 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Male victims | 64 | 82 | 47 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 or under | 9 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 11 to 15 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 to 20 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 to 30 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 31 or over | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 |
| Female victims | 14 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 or under | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 11 to 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 16 to 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 21 to 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 31 or over | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Police Officer | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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