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

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Table 5A
Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearm other than an airweapon 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

377

436

290

298

269

248

168

232

167

248

49

Fired - fatal injury

19

6

5

4

3

3

-

-

1

2

100

- causing injury

44

31

19

35

18

32

26

38

31

74

139

- damage to property

38

20

17

15

27

18

9

12

9

17

89

- no injury/damage

25

27

25

22

20

4

10

11

11

24

118

Used as a blunt instrument

4

7

4

9

9

11

3

3

2

3

50

Used to threaten

203

308

201

156

128

122

62

71

67

91

36

Other uses

44

37

19

57

64

58

58

97

46

37

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