On this page:

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

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Listen

Table 13 Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by police force area, Scotland, 2006-07

Crime/offence

Number

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total

25

26

39

48

306

16

691

94

1,245

Homicide

-

-

-

-

2

-

6

-

8

Attempted murder

-

1

-

-

5

-

35

2

43

Serious assault

-

-

2

-

2

-

15

-

19

Robbery

1

1

1

-

12

-

62

5

82

Vandalism

-

9

1

3

106

-

59

24

202

Reckless conduct with firearms

13

7

21

30

34

12

154

20

291

Firearms Act 1968 offences (1)

8

1

3

5

35

4

126

10

192

Minor assault

2

-

5

3

46

-

114

29

199

Other crimes & offences

1

7

6

7

64

-

120

4

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.

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Page updated: Friday, October 19, 2007