Statistical Release Crime and Justice Series: Homicide in Scotland, 2010-11

Statistical Release Crime and Justice Series: Homicide in Scotland, 2010-11


Table 6. Age and gender of persons accused of homicide by rate per million population 1, Scotland, 2001-02 to 2010-11

Age and gender of accused 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Number:
All accused 160 176 156 188 140 167 149 132 121 138
Under 16 4 8 4 8 4 7 3 4 5 4
16 to 20 31 39 29 35 45 49 32 30 28 33
21 to 30 58 52 70 71 44 59 50 43 44 42
31 to 50 61 63 48 62 43 41 55 48 31 56
51 and over 6 14 5 12 4 11 9 7 13 3
Male accused 141 156 147 169 122 154 131 114 101 111
Under 16 3 7 4 8 4 7 3 4 5 4
16 to 20 26 34 26 33 43 48 26 26 23 25
21 to 30 52 49 66 64 35 53 44 40 39 37
31 to 50 54 54 46 54 37 36 50 37 23 43
51 and over 6 12 5 10 3 10 8 7 11 2
Female accused 19 20 9 19 18 13 18 18 20 27
Under 16 1 1 - - - - - - - -
16 to 20 5 5 3 2 2 1 6 4 5 8
21 to 30 6 3 4 7 9 6 6 3 5 5
31 to 50 7 9 2 8 6 5 5 11 8 13
51 and over - 2 - 2 1 1 1 - 2 1
Rate per million population:
All accused 32 35 31 37 27 33 29 26 23 26
Under 16 4 8 4 9 4 8 3 4 5 4
16 to 20 97 122 90 107 135 147 96 90 84 99
21 to 30 91 83 114 116 71 92 76 63 63 59
31 to 50 41 42 32 41 29 27 37 33 21 39
51 and over 4 8 3 7 2 6 5 4 7 2
Male accused 58 64 60 69 50 62 53 46 40 44
Under 16 6 14 8 17 8 15 6 9 11 9
16 to 20 160 210 159 197 253 282 152 151 135 147
21 to 30 167 159 216 209 113 165 133 117 110 102
31 to 50 74 74 63 74 51 50 70 52 33 62
51 and over 8 16 7 13 4 13 10 9 13 2
Female accused 7 8 3 7 7 5 7 7 7 10
Under 16 2 2 - - - - - - - -
16 to 20 32 32 19 12 12 6 37 25 31 49
21 to 30 19 10 13 23 29 19 18 9 15 14
31 to 50 9 12 3 10 8 6 6 14 11 17
51 and over - 2 - 2 1 1 1 - 2 1

1. See Annex 1.10.

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