Statistics Release: Homicide in Scotland, 2007-08

Statistics Release: Homicide in Scotland, 2007-08

Table 3
Victims currently ⁽¹⁾ recorded as homicide victims, by sex and age, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Sex and age of victim	2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
Sex and age of victim	Number	Rate per million population	Number	Rate per million population	Number	Rate per million population	Number	Rate per million population	Number	Rate per million population
All persons	108	21	137	27	94	18	119	23	114	22
Under 16	8	8	12	13	4	4	5	5	6	7
16-30	37	39	53	56	29	30	49	50	38	38
31-50	46	31	48	32	48	32	44	29	49	33
Over 50	17	10	24	14	13	8	21	12	21	12
All males	94	39	110	45	81	33	100	40	90	36
Under 16	5	10	10	21	2	4	3	6	2	4
16-30	34	72	45	95	23	48	44	89	32	64
31-50	42	58	40	55	44	61	36	50	40	56
Over 50	13	17	15	20	12	16	17	22	16	20
All females	14	5	27	10	13	5	19	7	24	9
Under 16	3	7	2	4	2	4	2	4	4	9
16-30	3	6	8	17	6	13	5	10	6	12
31-50	4	5	8	10	4	5	8	10	9	12
Over 50	4	4	9	10	1	1	4	4	5	5

(1) At 28 November 2008.

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