Recorded Crimes and Offences involving Firearms, Scotland, 2013-14

Statistical bulletin on crimes and offences involving firearms recorded by the police in Scotland in 2013-14.


Table 14a: Offences in which an identified firearm (other than an air weapon) was alleged to have been involved by local authority, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Local Authority Area 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 % change 12-13 to 13-14
Aberdeen City 4 6 1 5 8 2 - - 2 1 n/r
Aberdeenshire 7 2 4 7 - 2 - - 2 7 n/r
Angus 7 11 17 26 19 11 3 5 2 2 -
Argyll & Bute 3 2 3 3 - 4 2 - 3 - -
Clackmannanshire 1 2 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 3 n/r
Dumfries & Galloway 4 17 5 9 15 7 8 8 9 3 n/r
Dundee City 20 12 33 49 22 14 11 15 6 - -
East Ayrshire - 1 15 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 n/r
East Dunbartonshire 2 3 6 6 5 2 8 5 - 1 -
East Lothian 10 14 4 11 20 10 12 7 3 - -
East Renfrewshire 4 3 6 1 - 5 6 5 1 - -
Edinburgh City 25 51 69 58 69 74 44 39 28 32 14
Eilean Siar - 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Falkirk 4 - 4 1 3 1 2 9 5 3 n/r
Fife 1 4 5 6 12 7 21 15 8 22 n/r
Glasgow City 42 56 76 76 88 60 90 51 22 12 -45
Highland 2 5 5 14 19 1 3 8 4 2 n/r
Inverclyde 2 7 3 11 2 5 8 5 1 2 n/r
Midlothian 10 9 5 14 11 7 - 5 5 6 n/r
Moray 4 6 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 -
North Ayrshire 9 7 11 5 3 1 8 5 3 2 n/r
North Lanarkshire 8 16 28 26 27 25 22 15 16 9 -44
Orkney Islands - 1 1 - 1 - 4 1 - - -
Perth & Kinross 13 13 17 22 12 11 15 4 4 4 -
Renfrewshire 8 17 9 22 25 18 17 10 6 8 n/r
Scottish Borders 7 10 10 9 10 6 7 14 2 2 -
Shetland Islands - 3 - - - - - - - - -
South Ayrshire - 1 7 6 3 10 4 5 2 1 n/r
South Lanarkshire 6 16 18 18 23 28 21 12 12 1 -92
Stirling 2 - 4 1 2 3 1 7 7 5 n/r
West Dunbartonshire 4 10 14 16 9 3 7 1 - - -
West Lothian 23 23 21 36 14 22 12 27 10 1 -90
Scotland 232 329 402 462 427 346 343 285 168 138 -18

Notes:

1. As a result of a change in recording practices by Lothian and Borders Police, their data for 2012-13 are not directly comparable with previous years. For further information please see Note 5.5.6.

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