Homicides in Scotland in 2001 - Statistics Published
Cases and victims currently (1) recorded as homicide by the Police in Scotland, 1982-2001 | Table 1 |
| 1982-91 (2) | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 (3) | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Average |
Number of cases | 85 | 131 | 114 | 108 | 132 | 115 | 90 | 95 | 118 | 104 | 104 |
Number of victims | 89 | 136 | 116 | 111 | 133 | 134 | 90 | 97 | 119 | 105 | 107 |
Number of victims per million population | 17 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 21 |
Number of accused | 118 | 208 | 163 | 166 | 197 | 171 | 126 | 141 | 173 | 125 | 140 |
(1) At 7 November 2002.
(2) Excludes the case in 1988 of the Lockerbie disaster in which 270 victims were killed.
(3) Includes the 17 victims of the Dunblane tragedy.