Scottish Government

Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police by age distribution of perpetrators, as a percentage of incidents where age of perpetrator know SCOTLAND, 1999 - 2003

Table 8(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

Perpetrator's Age Group

Under 16

*

*

*

*

*

16-18

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.8

19-21

4.8

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.6

22-25

10.2

9.8

10.0

10.1

10.9

26-30

17.5

16.6

16.1

16.2

15.2

31-35

20.3

19.1

19.1

19.5

18.9

36-40

17.8

17.8

18.3

17.4

18.0

41-50

18.4

19.8

20.1

20.7

20.7

51-60

7.5

7.4

7.3

6.9

7.0

61 and over

2.1

2.2

1.9

2.1

1.7

TOTAL

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0