- In 2009-10, the Scottish police recorded 839 offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been used, a decrease of 12 per cent from the total number of recorded offences in 2008-09 (951). This is the lowest reported total for a 10 year period.
- Air weapons accounted for 51 per cent (426) of all offences involving the alleged use of a firearm in 2009-10, compared to 46 per cent (441) in 2008-09.
- Of the 154 main victims who were injured during a recorded firearm offence in which a weapon was alleged to have been fired in 2009-10, 105 were male (68 per cent) and 49 were female (32 per cent). There were no reported offences in 2009-10 involving the shooting of a police officer causing injury. Forty-three main victims were aged between 11-15 years (28 per cent) and 25 victims were aged 10 years or under (16 per cent).
- In 2009-10, 61 per cent of all offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been used were cleared up, an increase from 59 per cent in 2008-09 and the second highest clear-up rate recorded in a 10 year period.
See more statistics here: Recorded Crimes and Offences involving Firearms, 2009-10