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

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Table 7 Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by crime/offence and how used, Scotland, 2006-07

Crime/offence

Number

How firearm was used

Fired - fatal injury

Fired - causing injury

Fired - damage to property

Fired - no injury/ damage

Blunt instrument

Used to threaten

Other uses

TOTAL

Total

8

239

311

233

17

315

122

1,245

Homicide

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

Attempted murder

-

37

-

4

1

1

-

43

Serious assault

-

12

-

4

2

1

-

19

Robbery

-

1

-

1

5

75

-

82

Vandalism

-

-

202

-

-

-

-

202

Reckless conduct with firearms

-

51

90

143

-

5

2

291

Firearms Act 1968 offences (1)

-

13

2

15

2

106

54

192

Minor assault

-

124

-

26

7

42

-

199

Other crimes & offences

-

1

17

40

-

85

66

209

(1) Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, commit crime and cause fear of violence. Does not include other miscellaneous offences.
These are now given separately in Table 15.

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