Scottish Government

Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police
Relationship between victim and perpetrator, by gender of victim and perpetrator 1 January - 31 December 2003

Table 10

Female victim, male perpetrator

Male victim, female perpetrator

Male victim, male perpetrator

Female victim, female perpetrator

Not recorded

TOTAL

Spouse

7,485

828

-

-

34

8,347

Co-habitee

8,653

785

138

91

25

9,692

Partner

5,654

526

53

62

20

6,315

Ex-spouse

2,418

274

-

-

8

2,700

Ex-partner

8,553

622

77

58

19

9,329

Other

154

21

19

26

-

220

Not recorded

1,526

424

38

24

1,028

3,040

TOTAL

34,443

3,480

325

261

1,134

39,643