Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07

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Table 10A Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearm other than an air weapon was alleged to have been fired causing fatal or other injury by age and sex of main victim, Scotland, 1997-98 to 2006-07

Age and sex of main victim

Number & Percentage

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

All victims (1)

23

39

21

35

26

37

32

75

66

78

18

10 or under

-

-

-

6

5

10

10

25

14

10

-29

11-15

6

5

5

14

7

13

15

21

14

20

43

16-20

1

2

1

3

3

2

2

3

5

6

20

21 or over

16

32

15

12

11

12

5

26

33

42

27

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Male

18

35

15

28

23

25

22

43

46

64

39

10 or under

-

-

-

5

5

7

9

17

8

9

13

11-15

3

4

2

10

4

9

8

6

8

14

75

16-20

1

2

1

3

3

2

1

1

1

5

400

21 or over

14

29

12

10

11

7

4

19

29

36

24

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Female

5

3

6

7

3

12

10

32

19

14

-26

10 or under

-

-

-

1

-

3

1

8

6

1

-83

11-15

3

1

3

4

3

4

7

15

6

6

-

16-20

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

4

1

-75

21 or over

2

2

3

2

-

5

1

7

3

6

100

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Police Officer

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-100

(1) Includes Male, Female and Police Officer categories

Page updated: Friday, October 19, 2007