Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2005-06

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Table 10A Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearmother than an air weapon was alleged to have been fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1996-97 to 2005-06

Number & Percentage

Age & sex of main victim

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

% change
04-05 - 05-06

All victims

37

23

39

21

35

26

37

32

75

66

-12

10 or under

1

-

-

-

6

5

10

10

25

14

-44

11-15

1

6

5

5

14

7

13

15

21

14

-33

16-20

7

1

2

1

3

3

2

2

3

5

67

21 or over

28

16

32

15

12

11

12

5

26

33

27

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Male

32

18

35

15

28

23

25

22

43

46

7

10 or under

1

-

-

-

5

5

7

9

17

8

-53

11-15

-

3

4

2

10

4

9

8

6

8

33

16-20

6

1

2

1

3

3

2

1

1

1

-

21 or over

25

14

29

12

10

11

7

4

19

29

53

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Female

5

5

3

6

7

3

12

10

32

19

-41

10 or under

-

-

-

-

1

-

3

1

8

6

-25

11-15

1

3

1

3

4

3

4

7

15

6

-60

16-20

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

4

100

21 or over

3

2

2

3

2

-

5

1

7

3

-57

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Police officer

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Page updated: Tuesday, November 21, 2006