Statistics Release CrJ/2004: HOMICIDE IN SCOTLAND, 2003 - STATISTICS PUBLISHED
Table 4: Victims currently (1) recorded as homicide victims, by main method of killing, 1999-2003
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Main method of killing | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
All victims | 119 | 100 | 105 | 100 | 110 | 100 | 128 | 100 | 108 | 100 |
Shooting | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sharp instrument | 66 | 55 | 43 | 41 | 49 | 45 | 68 | 53 | 55 | 51 |
Blunt instrument | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Hitting and kicking | 16 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 19 |
Strangulation/asphyxiation |  10
| 8  | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Drowning | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fire | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Poisoning | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Other or unknown | 16 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 6 |
(1) At 10 November 2004.