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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 15: Offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved by, local authority, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16
Number & Percentage
| Local Authority area | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-131 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | % change 14-15 to 15-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 22 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | 9 | 16 | 14 | -13 |
| Aberdeenshire | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 12 | - |
| Angus | 25 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 11 | n/r |
| Argyll & Bute | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Clackmannanshire | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | n/r |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 27 | 29 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | n/r |
| Dundee City | 45 | 70 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | -36 |
| East Ayrshire | 42 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | n/r |
| East Dunbartonshire | 28 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | n/r |
| East Lothian | 25 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | -64 |
| East Renfrewshire | 17 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Edinburgh City | 187 | 131 | 151 | 159 | 86 | 85 | 44 | 54 | 84 | 58 | -31 |
| Falkirk | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 16 | n/r |
| Fife | 39 | 30 | 40 | 44 | 36 | 19 | 31 | 44 | 30 | 36 | 20 |
| Glasgow City | 254 | 210 | 158 | 132 | 128 | 79 | 45 | 37 | 24 | 26 | 8 |
| Highland | 11 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | -87 |
| Inverclyde | 16 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | n/r |
| Midlothian | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 | - | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | n/r |
| Moray | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | n/r |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 3 | 4 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| North Ayrshire | 41 | 33 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | n/r |
| North Lanarkshire | 112 | 70 | 74 | 62 | 60 | 40 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 27 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perth & Kinross | 25 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | -50 |
| Renfrewshire | 35 | 55 | 41 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 8 | n/r |
| Scottish Borders | 23 | 16 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | n/r |
| Shetland Islands | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | 26 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | n/r |
| South Lanarkshire | 66 | 46 | 49 | 65 | 42 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 13 | -38 |
| Stirling | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 14 | n/r |
| West Dunbartonshire | 43 | 41 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| West Lothian | 55 | 71 | 41 | 49 | 30 | 51 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 15 | -32 |
| Scotland | 1,260 | 1,145 | 970 | 841 | 647 | 535 | 365 | 377 | 358 | 332 | -7 |
Notes:
1. As a result of a change in recording practices by Lothian and Borders Police, their data for 2012-13 are not directly comparable with previous years. For further information please see Note 4.6.6.
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