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Table 2
Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used as a percentage of all crimes and offences recorded for selected crimes, Scotland, 1995/96-2004/05
Crime/offence | Percentage (1) |
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1995/96 | 1996/97 | 1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 |
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Homicide (2) | 16.0 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 5.6 |
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Attempted murder (2) | 7.9 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
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Serious assault | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
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Robbery | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
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Vandalism | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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Petty assault | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
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(1) Some of the figures in this table are based on fewer than 100 recorded cases.
(2) The 1995/96 figures for homicide and attempted murders include the Dunblane incident which occurred on 13 March 1996. The figures for 1995/96 excluding the Dunblane incident would have been 5.8 per cent for both homicide and attempted murder.
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