Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2010/11 and 2011/12

Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11 and 2011-12


Table 17 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim/perpetrator, Scotland, 2002-03 to 2011-12

Number

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Spouse 8,364 8,415 8,439 8,504 8,230 8,077 8,363 7,632 7,810 7,440
Co-habitee 9,152 10,083 10,504 10,317 11,737 12,127 12,197 11,117 10,809 10,866
Partner 6,552 6,737 7,067 7,129 8,673 9,944 11,234 11,379 12,317 13,189
Ex-spouse 2,662 2,783 2,369 2,364 2,174 2,280 2,301 2,046 2,237 2,081
Ex-partner 8,309 9,824 11,723 13,139 14,523 16,475 19,442 18,907 21,730 23,372
Other 228 959 3,476 3,863 3,436 896 386 372 609 360
Not recorded1 610 2,434 55 15 35 150 8 473 186 2,539
TOTAL 35,877 41,235 43,633 45,331 48,808 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847

1. In April 2011-12, Tayside made a change to the way domestic incidents are recorded which has resulted in an increase in the number of incidents with unknown details. See note 4.5

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