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Domestic Abuse Recorded By the Police in Scotland, 1 January - 31 December 2003

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DOMESTIC ABUSE RECORDED BY THE POLICE IN SCOTLAND

Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by gender of victim and perpetrator as a percentage of incidents, where gender of victim and perpetrator known
SCOTLAND, 1999 - 2003

Table 4(a)

Percentage

SCOTLAND

1April -
31 December
1999

1January -
31 December
2000

1January -
31 December
2001 (1)

1January -
31 December
2002

1January -
31 December
2003

Female victim, male perpetrator

92.3

91.8

90.6

89.9

89.4

Male victim, female perpetrator

7.0

7.5

8.4

8.8

9.0

Male victim, male perpetrator

*

*

0.6

0.8

0.8

Female victim, female perpetrator

*

*

*

0.6

0.7

TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1. The 2001 figures for Scotland have been changed from those published in 2002 due to revised figures being submitted for Central and Fife police forces.

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