Table 7A Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearm other than an air weapon was alleged to have been used by crime/ offence and how used, Scotland, 2005-06
Number
Crime/offence | How firearm was used |
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Fired - fatal injury | Fired - causing injury | Fired - damage to property | Fired - no injury/ damage | Blunt instrument | Used to threaten | Other use | Total |
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Total | 5 | 61 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 134 | 50 | 329 |
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Homicide | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
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Attempted murder | - | 12 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
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Serious assault | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
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Robbery | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 53 | - | 56 |
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Vandalism | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | 27 |
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Reckless conduct with firearms | - | 14 | 7 | 13 | - | 2 | 6 | 42 |
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Firearms Act 1968 offences (1) | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 48 | 27 | 80 |
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Minor assault | - | 32 | - | 7 | 2 | 11 | - | 52 |
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Other crimes & offences | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | 17 | 17 | 45 |
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(1) Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, commit crime and cause fear of violence. Does not include other miscellaneous offences.
These are now given separately in table 15.