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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 fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1989 - 1998

Table 10
 

Number & Percentage
Age & sex of main victim

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

% change97/98
All victims

344

346

420

390

320

383

421

418

267

248

-7
10 or under

45

40

46

50

41

50

57

78

25

26

4
11-15

149

155

193

156

129

168

167

149

106

92

-13
16-20

46

43

49

41

31

44

46

38

33

27

-18
21 or over

102

104

130

141

117

120

151

150

103

99

-4
Unknown

-

3

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

*
 
Male

279

255

305

297

246

302

325

306

180

172

-4
10 or under

37

33

36

43

32

46

52

55

20

16

-20
11-15

121

109

140

118

98

125

119

106

69

62

-10
16-20

35

30

41

27

26

32

34

30

26

18

-31
21 or over

86

81

88

107

90

99

120

115

65

76

17
Unknown

-

2

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

 

*
 
Female

63

90

113

93

72

80

96

109

87

72

-17
10 or under

8

7

10

7

9

4

5

23

5

10

100
11-15

28

46

53

38

31

43

48

43

37

30

-19
16-20

11

13

8

14

5

12

12

8

7

9

29
21 or over

16

23

42

34

27

21

31

35

38

23

-39
Unknown

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*
 
Police officer

2

1

2

-

2

1

-

3

-

4

*

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm other than an airweapon was alleged to have been fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1989 - 1998

Table 10A
 

Number & Percentage
Age & sex of main victim

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

% change97/98
All victims

25

31

34

46

51

61

66

86

32

33

3
10 or under

2

-

-

4

2

2

1

29

-

-

*
11-15

-

4

-

1

6

6

6

3

8

4

-50
16-20

3

5

2

3

3

7

9

5

4

2

-50
21 or over

19

22

32

37

38

45

50

49

20

27

35
Unknown

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

*
 
Male

18

29

29

44

43

54

57

60

27

30

11
10 or under

2

-

-

4

2

2

1

15

-

-

*
11-15

-

2

-

1

6

4

4

-

5

3

-40
16-20

1

5

2

3

3

5

6

4

4

2

-50
21 or over

15

22

27

35

32

43

46

41

18

25

39
Unknown

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

*
 
Female

6

2

5

2

6

6

9

26

5

3

-40
10 or under

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

-

-

*
11-15

-

2

-

-

-

2

2

3

3

1

-67
16-20

2

-

-

-

-

2

3

1

-

-

*
21 or over

4

-

5

2

6

2

4

8

2

2

*
Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

*
 
Police officer

1

-

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

-

*

 

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