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Homicide in Scotland 1998: CrJ/1999/7

Table 2

Homicide cases⁽¹⁾ by number of victims and number of accused, 1989-1998

Number of victims and accused persons	Year recorded
Number of victims and accused persons	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
All homicide cases	92	80	85	131	114	108	132	116	90	98
Cases by number of victims
1	87	80	83	126	112	105	131	113	90	96
2	5	-	-	5	2	3	1	1	-	2
3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Total number of victims	97	80	89	136	116	111	133	135	90	100
Cases by number of accused
Unsolved	1	2	5	1	1	4	1	3	2	1
1	74	64	58	90	87	74	93	86	65	66
2	10	10	15	21	12	12	23	13	17	20
3	5	2	4	7	6	11	8	7	2	2
4	-	1	3	6	6	2	4	4	2	7
5	1	1	-	5	2	4	1	-	-	1
6	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
7	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Total number of accused	120	99	112	208	163	166	197	172	126	152

1. Currently (as at 12 November 1999) recorded as homicide.