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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07

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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, 1997-98 to 2006-07

How used

Number & Percentage

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

% change
05-06 - 06-07

Total

1,054

1,051

975

960

1,003

1,034

958

1,136

1,068

1,245

17

Fired - fatal injury

5

7

5

3

5

3

2

8

8

8

-

- causing injury

240

257

259

320

326

340

239

316

189

239

26

- damage to property

384

376

363

301

341

334

416

500

499

311

-38

- no injury/damage

83

56

41

12

22

44

26

61

68

233

243

Used as a blunt instrument

9

13

16

12

18

9

6

14

10

17

70

Used to threaten

302

250

202

222

186

170

183

202

216

315

46

Other uses

31

92

89

90

105

134

86

35

78

122

56

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