Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 1998: CrJ/1999/6: Page 12

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 percentage of crimes cleared up, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 11

Percentage ⁽¹⁾

Crime/offence	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Total	40	35	35	35	39	44	40	42	46	44
Homicide	100	100	71	83	63	89	82	92	100	57
Attempted murder	75	77	65	56	66	60	65	69	55	68
Assault	57	53	56	47	62	61	55	55	59	57
Robbery	38	30	29	32	33	37	37	32	29	30
Vandalism	4	5	2	3	2	4	3	3	6	6
Reckless conduct with firearms	51	48	36	49	47	56	60	57	64	57
Firearms Act 1968 offences	94	94	93	93	91	91	94	92	93	84
Other crimes & offences	60	77	70	80	73	83	73	78	88	64

(1) Many of the figures in this table are based on fewer than 100 recorded cases.

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used and an accused was identified; by age of main accused, Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 12

Number & Percentage

Age	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	*% change96/98*
Total	585	517	666	680	696	795	678	699	541	430	*-21*
15 or under	143	126	152	142	138	193	202	197	139	138	-1
16-20	145	157	191	157	150	205	153	177	176	128	-27
21 or over	297	234	322	380	408	397	323	325	226	164	-27
Unknown	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Crimes and offences cleared up by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used and an accused was identified; by age of main accused and main firearm used, Scotland, 1998	Table 12A

Number

Main firearm used
Age	Shotgun	Rifle	Pistol/Revolver	Airweapon	Imitation	Unidentified	Other	TOTAL
Total	26	3	59	278	32	22	10	430
15 or under	-	-	2	122	4	8	2	138
16-20	2	3	9	98	13	2	1	128
21 or over	24	-	48	58	15	12	7	164