The Scottish Government

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm other than an airweapon was alleged to have been fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1992 - 2001

Table 10A

Number & Percentage

Age & sex of main victim

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

% change 00/01

All victims

46

51

61

66

86

32

33

40

50

149

198

10 or under

4

2

2

1

29

-

-

1

7

8

14

11-15

1

6

6

6

3

8

4

3

19

40

111

16-20

3

3

7

9

5

4

2

4

5

22

340

21 or over

37

38

45

50

49

20

27

31

19

79

316

Unknown

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

Male

44

43

54

57

60

27

30

34

40

119

198

10 or under

4

2

2

1

15

-

-

-

6

7

17

11-15

1

6

4

4

-

5

3

2

13

32

146

16-20

3

3

5

6

4

4

2

3

5

19

280

21 or over

35

32

43

46

41

18

25

29

16

61

281

Unknown

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

Female

2

6

6

9

26

5

3

5

10

30

200

10 or under

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

1

1

1

-

11-15

-

-

2

2

3

3

1

1

6

8

33

16-20

-

-

2

3

1

-

-

1

-

3

*

21 or over

2

6

2

4

8

2

2

2

3

18

500

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

Police officer

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

*