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| Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used as a percentage of all crimes and offences recorded for selected crimes, Scotland, 1989 - 1998 |
Table 2 |
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Percentage (1) |
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| Crime/offence |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
| Homicide (2) |
6.7 |
3.4 |
8.0 |
4.3 |
6.6 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
18.5 |
6.3 |
7.0 |
| Attempted murder (2) |
4.0 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
6.8 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
| Assault |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
| Robbery |
6.0 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
| Vandalism |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
(1) Some of the figures in this table are based
on fewer than 100 recorded cases.
(2) The 1996 figures for homicide and attempted murders include the Dunblane
incident which occurred on 13 March 1996.
The figures for 1996 excluding the Dunblane incident would have been 6.8 per
cent and 4.6 per cent respectively.
| Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by main firearm used, Scotland, 1989 - 1998 |
Table 3 |
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Number & Percentage |
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| Main firearm used |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
% change97/98 |
| Total |
1,479 |
1,495 |
1,921 |
1,959 |
1,773 |
1,788 |
1,721 |
1,650 |
1,187 |
985 |
-17 |
| Shotgun |
173 |
160 |
243 |
257 |
255 |
195 |
140 |
91 |
64 |
42 |
-34 |
| Rifle |
22 |
7 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
19 |
16 |
21 |
7 |
-67 |
| Pistol/revolver |
18 |
25 |
63 |
39 |
50 |
72 |
75 |
186 |
148 |
123 |
-17 |
| Airweapon |
1,006 |
1,060 |
1,192 |
1,159 |
1,036 |
1,005 |
1,139 |
1,060 |
783 |
666 |
-15 |
| Imitation firearm |
93 |
97 |
106 |
152 |
87 |
137 |
104 |
133 |
85 |
47 |
-45 |
| Other |
167 |
146 |
306 |
341 |
334 |
366 |
244 |
164 |
86 |
100 |
16 |
| Total excluding airweapons |
473 |
435 |
729 |
800 |
737 |
783 |
582 |
590 |
404 |
319 |
-21 |
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Percentage |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Shotgun |
12 |
11 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
| Rifle |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Pistol/revolver |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
| Airweapon |
68 |
71 |
62 |
59 |
58 |
56 |
66 |
64 |
66 |
68 |
| Imitation firearm |
6 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
| Other |
11 |
10 |
16 |
17 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
| Total excluding airweapons |
32 |
29 |
38 |
41 |
42 |
44 |
34 |
36 |
34 |
32 |
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