Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 1998: CrJ/1999/6: Page 13

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 police force area, Scotland, 1998	Table 13

Number

Crime/offence	Central	Dumfries &Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian &Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total	69	17	30	63	175	5	549	77	985

Homicide	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	7
Attempted murder	1	-	-	-	1	-	17	-	19
Assault	9	1	9	20	42	-	130	2	213
Robbery	4	-	-	5	11	-	110	5	135
Vandalism	8	3	-	6	87	-	132	27	263
Reckless conduct with firearms	23	4	12	19	11	-	76	22	167
Firearms Act 1968 offences	7	5	7	6	-	-	78	19	122
Other crimes & offences	17	3	1	7	23	5	1	2	59

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm other than an airweapon was alleged to have been used by police force area, Scotland,1998	Table 13A

Number

Crime/offence	Central	Dumfries &Galloway	Fife	Grampian	Lothian &Borders	Northern	Strathclyde	Tayside	SCOTLAND
Total	14	5	3	16	51	1	211	18	319
Homicide	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	7
Attempted murder	-	-	-	-	1	-	15	-	16
Assault	2	-	1	-	15	-	25	-	43
Robbery	3	-	-	5	9	-	101	4	122
Vandalism	-	-	-	1	22	-	5	1	29
Reckless conduct with firearms	1	1	-	1	3	-	2	1	9
Firearms Act 1968 offences	1	3	1	4	-	-	58	12	79
Other crimes & offences	7	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	14

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was stolen by main firearm stolen (excluding airweapons), Scotland, 1989 - 1998	Table 14

Number & Percentage

Main firearm stolen	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	% change 96/98
Total	75	94	117	130	109	114	105	66	37	25	*-32*
Shotgun	46	44	51	65	50	54	35	23	15	10	-33
Rifle	7	10	10	11	13	24	17	21	9	2	-78
Pistol/revolver	4	14	21	15	13	9	11	9	4	6	50
Other firearms	18	26	35	39	33	27	42	13	9	7	-22