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RECORDED CRIMES AND OFFENCES INVOLVING FIREARMS, SCOTLAND, 2001

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by percentage of crimes cleared up, Scotland, 1992 - 2001

Table 11

Percentage (1)

Crime/offence

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Total

35

39

44

40

42

46

44

46

49

48

Homicide

83

63

89

82

92

100

57

67

0

20

Attempted murder

56

66

60

65

69

55

68

30

50

62

Assault

47

62

61

55

55

59

57

66

57

49

Robbery

32

33

37

37

32

29

30

37

55

39

Vandalism

3

2

4

3

3

6

6

7

9

19

Reckless conduct with firearms

49

47

56

60

57

64

57

44

53

52

Firearms Act 1968 offences

93

91

91

94

92

93

84

90

96

92

Other crimes & offences

80

73

83

73

78

88

64

80

78

72

(1) Many of the figures in this table are based on fewer than 100 recorded cases.

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