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Homicide in Scotland 1998: CrJ/1999/7

Table 1

Numbers of cases initially and currently recorded as homicide, 1978-1998

Year Recorded	Initially recorded as homicide	No longer recorded as homicide ⁽¹⁾	Currentlyrecorded as homicide ⁽²⁾
Year Recorded	Initially recorded as homicide	No longer recorded as homicide ⁽¹⁾	Total	Murder	Culpable Homicide
1978	83	5	78	41	37
1979	81	7	74	38	36
1980	90	4	86	44	42
1981	88	3	85	38	47
1982	88	9	79	47	32
1983	96	5	91	51	40
1984	91	5	86	45	41
1985	84	5	79	37	42
1986	83	4	79	47	32
1987	106	8	98	47	51
1988 ⁽³⁾	88	8	80	34	46
1989	101	9	92	39	53
1990	86	6	80	35	45
1991	88	3	85	47	38
1992	137	6	131	66	65
1993	116	2	114	72	42
1994	112	4	108	66	42
1995	137	5	132	78	54
1996	120	4	116	65	51
1997	95	5	90	44	46
1998	101	3	98	67	31

1. See annex note 6 for explanation of why some cases are 'no longer recorded as homicide'.
2. As at 12 November 1999.
3. 1988 figures exclude the case of the Lockerbie disaster.