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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