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

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Table 15 Miscellaneous firearms Offences (1) (2) by police force area, Scotland, 1996-97 to 2005-06

Number & Percentage

Crime/offence

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

1,166

1,032

828

752

758

755

660

664

947

916

-3

Central

94

43

47

64

55

51

37

40

71

50

-30

Dumfries & Galloway

74

59

37

40

34

21

35

37

32

22

-31

Fife

50

40

55

29

45

64

21

19

36

26

-28

Grampian

93

113

74

56

85

69

62

66

80

88

10

Lothian & Borders

42

68

41

27

26

36

35

59

102

136

33

Northern

168

129

87

50

71

66

74

62

69

73

6

Strathclyde

504

455

399

420

385

407

327

321

481

461

-4

Tayside

141

125

88

66

57

41

69

60

76

60

-21

(1) Mainly offences related to possession, handling and distribution of weapons and ammunition.
(2) Taken from Recorded Crimes and Offences data collection.

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