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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2005-06

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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, 1996-97 to 2005-06

Number & Percentage

How used

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

% change
04-05 - 05-06

Total

1,481

1,054

1,051

975

960

1,003

1,034

958

1,136

1,068

-6

Fired - fatal injury

8

5

7

5

3

5

3

2

8

8

-

- causing injury

322

240

257

259

320

326

340

239

316

189

-40

- damage to property

564

384

376

363

301

341

334

416

500

499

0

- no injury/damage

105

83

56

41

12

22

44

26

61

68

11

Used as a blunt instrument

10

9

13

16

12

18

9

6

14

9

-36

Used to threaten

435

302

250

202

222

186

170

183

202

217

7

Other uses

37

31

92

89

90

105

134

86

35

78

123

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