Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 1998: CrJ/1999/6: Page 10

Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 1998: CrJ/1999/6

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by location of use, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 8

Number & Percentage

Location of use	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*
Dwelling	409	477	508	510	540	473	547	522	350	294	*-16*
Post Office	26	18	43	32	39	45	16	16	7	11	57
Bank / Building society	66	67	92	100	93	75	22	13	4	12	*200*
Public highway	411	478	573	473	408	511	527	460	422	325	*-23*
School / College	42	42	48	47	42	53	45	84	35	30	*-14*
Place of Public Entertainment	17	21	31	14	29	20	17	20	8	1	*-88*
Other locations	508	392	626	783	622	611	547	535	361	312	*-14*

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm other than an airweapon was alleged to have been used by location of use, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 8A

Number & Percentage

Location of use	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	*% change97/98*
Total	473	435	729	800	737	783	582	590	404	319	*-21*
Dwelling	71	61	99	84	126	117	133	124	87	75	*-14*
Post Office	25	16	40	29	36	43	14	14	5	10	*100*
Bank / Building society	62	63	86	100	92	73	19	11	4	10	*150*
Public highway	89	124	179	160	117	205	154	155	138	91	*-34*
School / College	-	3	4	5	1	-	7	37	4	-	*-100*
Place of Public Entertainment	3	13	22	8	20	15	7	10	1	1	-
Other locations	223	155	299	414	345	330	248	239	165	132	*-20*

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been fired causing injury by main firearm used, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 9

	Number & Percentage

Main firearm used	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	*% change97/98*
Total	344	346	420	390	320	383	421	418	267	248	-7
Shotgun	16	15	17	30	21	18	15	18	5	8	60
Rifle	-	2	1	4	1	2	-	-	-	1	*
Pistol / Revolver	4	6	2	3	12	9	12	39	14	15	7
Airweapon	319	315	386	344	269	322	355	332	235	215	-9
Other	5	8	14	9	17	32	39	29	13	9	*-31*
Total excluding airweapons	25	31	34	46	51	61	66	86	32	33	3