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Statistics Bulletin: CrJ/2005/11: Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2004/05

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Table 5
Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by how used, Scotland, 1995/96-2004/05

How used

Number & Percentage

1995/96

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

% change

03/04 - 04/05

Total

1,765

1,530

1,076

1,066

982

970

1,029

1,050

974

1,165

20

Fired - fatal injury

25

8

5

7

5

3

5

3

2

8

300

- causing injury

446

341

242

257

260

320

326

342

240

317

32

- damage to property

749

566

387

376

365

303

345

334

416

497

19

- no injury/damage

67

107

89

58

41

12

23

45

27

69

156

Used as a blunt instrument

12

10

9

13

16

12

18

9

7

14

100

Used to threaten

394

444

304

251

203

222

188

173

188

203

8

Other uses

72

54

40

104

92

98

124

144

94

57

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