Table 1
Cases and victims currently (1) recorded as homicide by the police in Scotland, 1998-99 to 2007-08
| 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 (2) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
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Number of cases | 92 | 122 | 104 | 112 | 123 | 107 | 134 | 94 | 118 | 114 |
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Number of victims | 93 | 123 | 107 | 113 | 125 | 108 | 137 | 94 | 119 | 114 |
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Number of victims per million population | 18 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 22 |
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Number of accused | 142 | 164 | 130 | 158 | 176 | 155 | 187 | 140 | 167 | 148 |
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(1) At 28 November 2008.
(2) Includes a case where the 6 victims recorded in 2004-05 were killed in separate years previous to this date.