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 13: Age of main accused (where known) in offences involving the alleged use of a firearm, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16

Number & Percentage

Age of Main Accused 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 % change 14-15 to 15-16
15 or under 136 176 100 118 91 58 38 19 34 30 -12
16 to 20 208 217 128 128 94 90 59 59 56 37 -34
21 to 30 162 184 191 138 105 109 74 89 81 66 -19
31 to 40 117 81 84 53 71 70 37 47 40 42 5
41 or over 103 78 75 72 77 53 33 42 49 51 4
Unknown - - - - - - - - 4 -  
Total 726 736 578 509 438 380 241 256 264 226 -14

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