Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Domestic Abuse Recorded by the Police in Scotland 2008-09

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Table 1: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by police force area and type of crime/offence, Scotland, 2008-09

Number

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total incidents 1

3,594

1,306

3,987

3,456

9,645

1,159

26,488

4,046

53,681

Total crimes and offences

1,241

582

2,063

2,694

3,347

929

14,408

4,019

29,283

(Of which reported to the procurator fiscal)

958

359

1,599

1,816

2,510

873

9,344

1,232

18,691

Non-sexual crimes of violence

32

2

17

28

126

29

352

48

634

Homicide

-

-

1

-

2

1

11

1

16

Serious assault

23

2

6

6

38

25

248

34

382

Other

9

-

10

22

86

3

93

13

236

Crimes of indecency

9

1

14

14

19

4

58

9

128

Sexual assault

9

1

14

14

19

4

58

9

128

Lewd & Libidinous practices

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Crimes of dishonesty

21

-

64

45

42

2

239

91

504

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.

133

36

231

149

244

41

906

161

1,901

Fire-raising

2

-

1

2

5

1

8

3

22

Vandalism, etc.

131

36

230

147

239

40

898

158

1,879

Other crimes

214

15

318

232

499

18

1,756

125

3,177

Crimes against public justice

195

15

304

227

447

18

1,741

123

3,070

Handling an offensive weapon

14

-

14

2

21

-

13

2

66

Drugs

5

-

-

3

30

-

2

-

40

Other

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Miscellaneous offences

830

528

1,419

2,225

2,415

835

11,082

3,585

22,919

Minor assault

522

271

945

1,412

1,798

368

6,155

1,047

12,518

Breach of the peace

266

227

474

710

584

456

4,572

2,361

9,650

Drunkenness

-

-

-

1

-

8

-

-

9

Other

42

30

-

102

33

3

355

177

742

Motor vehicle offences

2

-

-

1

2

-

15

-

20

Behaviour not leading to recording a crime or offence

2,353

724

1,924

762

6,298

230

12,080

27

24,398

Not recorded

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 Different police forces record domestic abuse information in differing ways. Police practice in deciding when a behaviour justifies the recording of a crime or offence may also differ.
These differences influence the proportion of incidents which lead to the recording of a crime or offence, as well as the proportion of crimes and offences reported to the procurator fiscal.

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