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Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2005-06

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Table 1: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by police force area , 2005-06

Number

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total incidents (1)

1,964

1,191

3,243

3,560

8,624

1,554

21,880

3,780

45,796

Total crimes and offences

456

894

1,396

3,105

2,714

550

11,108

3,760

23,983

(Of which reported to the procurator fiscal)

421

447

1,028

1,054

2,090

549

8,144

1,401

15,134

Non-sexual crimes of violence

21

4

27

49

140

21

343

38

643

Homicide

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

1

6

Serious assault

17

4

14

11

48

20

220

27

361

Other

4

-

13

38

92

1

118

10

276

Crimes of indecency

6

3

6

12

15

2

54

8

106

Sexual assault

6

3

6

11

14

2

51

8

101

Lewd & Libidinous practices

-

-

-

1

1

-

1

-

3

Other

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Crimes of dishonesty

7

-

22

51

47

-

204

41

372

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.

62

33

164

212

182

37

865

98

1,653

Fire-raising

1

-

2

3

5

-

8

2

21

Vandalism, etc.

61

33

162

209

177

37

857

96

1,632

Other crimes

40

15

147

177

443

6

1,273

133

2,234

Crimes against public justice

35

15

146

162

390

4

1,219

133

2,104

Handling an offensive weapon

3

-

1

7

21

2

34

-

68

Drugs

2

-

-

8

28

-

20

-

58

Other

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

4

Miscellaneous offences

319

839

1,030

2,604

1,885

484

8,342

3,442

18,945

Minor assault

205

360

721

1,084

1,466

243

4,935

1,121

10,135

Breach of the peace

113

459

309

1,402

387

241

3,194

2,119

8,224

Drunkenness

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

1

20

-

118

32

-

213

202

586

Motor vehicle offences

1

-

-

-

2

-

27

-

30

Behaviour not leading to recording a crime or offence

1,508

297

1,847

455

5,910

1,004

10,772

20

21,813

1. Different police forces record domestic abuse information in differing ways. Police practice in deciding when a behaviour justifies the recording of a crime or offence may also differ.
These differences influence the proportion of incidents which lead to the recording of a crime or offence, as well as the proportion of crimes and offences reported to the procurator fiscal.

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