Table 6: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police where incidents against that victim had previously been recorded, by police force area. Number of previous incidents, 2005-06
Number |
| Number of previous incidents (1) | TOTAL |
|---|
1 incident | 2-3 incidents | 4-5 incidents | 6-10 incidents | 11 or more incidents | Number of previous incidents not recorded |
|---|
Central | 112 | 95 | 47 | 75 | 46 | - | 375 |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 213 | 192 | 90 | 81 | 39 | - | 615 |
|---|
Fife | 529 | 582 | 363 | 366 | 379 | - | 2,219 |
|---|
Grampian | 612 | 579 | 305 | 354 | 386 | - | 2,236 |
|---|
Lothian & Borders (2) | 91 | 102 | 69 | 44 | 13 | 3,582 | 3,901 |
|---|
Northern | 465 | 110 | 46 | 29 | 11 | - | 661 |
|---|
Strathclyde | 4,194 | 3,824 | 1,710 | 1,464 | 771 | - | 11,963 |
|---|
Tayside | 510 | 474 | 242 | 217 | 145 | - | 1,588 |
|---|
TOTAL | 6,726 | 5,958 | 2,872 | 2,630 | 1,790 | 3,582 | 23,558 |
|---|
1. Forces can only identify a repeat victim if s/he has previously been entered onto their database. The longer the database has been in existence the more likely it is that a repeat victim will be recognised as such. Police forces have maintained their databases over different periods and the proportion of identified repeat victims varies accordingly.
2. In many cases Lothian & Borders record previous incidents as either Yes or No.