Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07
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Table 5A Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearm other than an air weapon was alleged to have been used by how used, Scotland, 1997-98 to 2006-07
How used | Number & Percentage |
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1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | % change
05-06 - 06-07 |
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Total | 281 | 295 | 265 | 241 | 155 | 221 | 156 | 232 | 329 | 397 | 21 |
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Fired - fatal injury | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -20 |
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- causing injury | 18 | 35 | 18 | 32 | 26 | 37 | 31 | 73 | 61 | 74 | 21 |
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- damage to property | 16 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 32 | -20 |
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- no injury/damage | 21 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 63 | 85 |
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Used as a blunt instrument | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 67 |
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Used to threaten | 201 | 155 | 127 | 122 | 61 | 69 | 64 | 91 | 133 | 155 | 17 |
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Other uses | 16 | 55 | 61 | 53 | 48 | 89 | 40 | 21 | 50 | 59 | 18 |
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Page updated: Friday, October 19, 2007