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

Age and sex of main victim	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
Age and sex of main victim	Number & Percentage
All victims ⁽¹⁾	245	264	264	323	331	343	241	324	197	247	25
10 or under	26	21	23	42	32	42	30	52	29	30	3
11-15	100	99	121	119	107	112	73	92	47	59	26
16-20	29	28	32	40	50	49	30	46	21	37	76
21 or over	90	116	87	122	142	140	108	134	100	121	21
Unknown	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Male	155	181	183	229	238	255	175	208	132	189	43
10 or under	19	13	14	35	22	31	24	36	18	22	22
11-15	61	62	86	76	74	82	49	47	28	43	54
16-20	21	20	20	34	37	40	24	27	11	29	*164*
21 or over	54	86	62	84	105	102	78	98	75	95	27
Unknown	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Female	90	78	81	93	92	87	64	116	64	57	*-11*
10 or under	7	8	9	7	10	11	6	16	11	8	*-27*
11-15	39	37	35	43	33	30	24	45	19	16	*-16*
16-20	8	8	12	6	13	9	6	19	10	8	*-20*
21 or over	36	25	25	37	36	37	28	36	24	25	4
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Police Officer	-	5	-	1	1	1	2	-	1	1	-

(1) Includes Male, Female and Police Officer categories

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