Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1992 - 2001

Table 10

Number & Percentage

Age & sex of main victim

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

% change 00/01

All victims

390

320

383

421

418

267

248

269

306

348

14

10 or under

50

41

50

57

78

25

26

20

39

35

-10

11-15

156

129

168

167

149

106

92

118

122

120

-2

16-20

41

31

44

46

38

33

27

35

40

47

18

21 or over

141

117

120

151

150

103

99

95

103

146

42

Unknown

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-100

Male

297

246

302

325

306

180

172

186

209

258

23

10 or under

43

32

46

52

55

20

16

12

31

28

-10

11-15

118

98

125

119

106

69

62

79

78

84

8

16-20

27

26

32

34

30

26

18

22

32

37

16

21 or over

107

90

99

120

115

65

76

73

67

109

63

Unknown

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-100

Female

93

72

80

96

109

87

72

82

96

90

-6

10 or under

7

9

4

5

23

5

10

8

8

7

-13

11-15

38

31

43

48

43

37

30

39

44

36

-18

16-20

14

5

12

12

8

7

9

13

8

10

25

21 or over

34

27

21

31

35

38

23

22

36

37

3

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

Police officer

-

2

1

-

3

-

4

1

1

-

-100