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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 age distribution of victims as a percentage of incidents, where age of victim known 1999 - 2003

Table 7(a)

Percentage

SCOTLAND

1 April -
31 December
1999

1 January -
31 December
2000

1 January -
31 December
2001 (1)

1 January -
31 December
2002

1 January -
31 December
2003

Victim's Age Group

Under 16

*

*

*

*

*

16-18

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.1

3.6

19-21

7.5

8.6

8.4

8.7

8.3

22-25

11.4

11.3

11.8

11.9

13.0

26-30

18.7

17.5

16.8

17.1

16.0

31-35

19.7

18.8

18.6

18.7

17.7

36-40

16.7

16.7

16.7

16.4

16.7

41-50

15.6

16.9

17.2

17.0

17.8

51-60

5.4

5.6

5.8

5.5

5.3

61 and over

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.4

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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