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

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

281

295

265

241

155

221

156

232

329

397

21

Fired - fatal injury

5

4

3

3

-

-

1

2

5

4

-20

- causing injury

18

35

18

32

26

37

31

73

61

74

21

- damage to property

16

15

27

16

8

12

9

19

40

32

-20

- no injury/damage

21

22

20

4

9

11

10

23

34

63

85

Used as a blunt instrument

4

9

9

11

3

3

1

3

6

10

67

Used to threaten

201

155

127

122

61

69

64

91

133

155

17

Other uses

16

55

61

53

48

89

40

21

50

59

18

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