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Homicide in Scotland 1998: CrJ/1999/7

Table 11

Victims of homicide⁽¹⁾, by sex and relationship of main accused to victim, 1989-1998

Sex of victim and relationship of main accused to victim	Year recorded
	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
All victims	97	80	89	136	116	111	133	134	90	100

All victims (solved cases)	96	78	84	135	115	107	132	131	88	99
Main Accused:
Son, daughter	3	4	2	8	4	2	3	7	4	2
Parent	8	2	12	9	6	4	9	4	4	5
Partner⁽²⁾	27	13	12	18	21	20	20	18	9	15
Other relative	4	8	5	4	5	3	4	4	3	4
Acquaintance	33	33	38	63	62	57	69	53	46	50
Stranger	21	18	15	33	17	21	27	44	22	23
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

Male victim (solved cases)	64	59	58	112	84	87	103	96	71	78
Main Accused:
Son, daughter	1	3	-	6	3	1	3	4	4	2
Parent	5	2	10	6	2	3	5	1	3	3
Partner⁽²⁾	4	4	2	9	7	8	6	10	2	9
Other relative	3	6	2	4	5	2	4	4	2	3
Acquaintance	30	27	31	58	55	52	63	49	42	44
Stranger	21	17	13	29	12	21	22	27	18	17
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-

Female victim (solved cases)	32	19	26	23	31	20	29	35	17	21
Main Accused:
Son, daughter	2	1	2	2	1	1	-	3	-	-
Parent	3	-	2	3	4	1	4	3	1	2
Partner⁽²⁾	23	9	10	9	14	12	14	8	7	6
Other relative	1	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
Acquaintance	3	6	7	5	7	5	6	4	4	6
Stranger	-	1	2	4	5	-	5	17	4	6
Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Unsolved	1	2	5	1	1	4	1	3	2	1

1. Currently (as at 12 November 1999) recorded as homicide victims.
2. See note 9 of annex for definition of partner.