Recorded Crimes and Offences involving Firearms, Scotland, 2013-14

Statistical bulletin on crimes and offences involving firearms recorded by the police in Scotland in 2013-14.


Table 16: Miscellaneous firearm offences1 by police force area, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14

Local Authority Area 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 % change 12-13 to 13-14
Aberdeen City 35 48 21 18 17 10 22 15 13 16 23
Aberdeenshire 22 24 43 28 26 47 41 20 17 23 35
Angus 13 10 11 20 13 7 10 10 7 - -
Argyll & Bute 15 13 9 16 17 18 11 9 14 6 -57
Clackmannanshire 15 8 9 7 2 3 3 9 6 7 n/r
Dumfries & Galloway 32 22 29 36 37 23 22 32 24 20 -17
Dundee 33 24 16 19 9 14 5 10 9 - -
East Ayrshire 11 26 34 29 30 29 15 20 8 23 n/r
East Dunbartonshire 27 22 22 18 12 12 4 6 11 2 -82
East Lothian 12 17 11 24 22 4 1 5 11 6 -45
East Renfrewshire 18 6 11 24 6 13 7 4 2 2 -
Edinburgh City 35 69 79 47 48 55 43 21 22 29 32
Eilean Siar 10 1 6 9 1 1 - 2 2 4 n/r
Falkirk 39 30 24 3 12 5 11 22 9 6 n/r
Fife 36 26 56 33 38 26 36 44 26 12 -54
Glasgow City 166 165 146 209 154 116 108 99 81 55 -32
Highland 51 66 79 37 47 43 71 52 37 29 -22
Inverclyde 13 13 12 11 9 11 9 3 7 5 n/r
Midlothian 16 12 11 37 11 7 8 9 7 8 n/r
Moray 23 16 8 12 3 5 17 12 9 13 n/r
North Ayrshire 24 16 17 25 22 14 10 18 3 12 n/r
North Lanarkshire 76 66 65 42 53 60 66 48 29 14 -52
Orkney Islands 2 4 1 1 8 1 7 11 2 6 n/r
Perth & Kinross 30 26 13 6 9 32 22 7 13 5 -62
Renfrewshire 17 18 26 36 18 19 18 18 22 28 27
Scottish Borders 11 16 36 15 27 10 6 3 9 7 n/r
Shetland Islands 6 2 9 3 3 6 6 1 6 4 n/r
South Ayrshire 9 19 24 13 20 11 11 10 9 4 n/r
South Lanarkshire 80 71 56 34 44 36 29 37 26 27 4
Stirling 17 12 18 11 15 13 23 18 14 14 -
West Dunbartonshire 25 26 22 21 17 6 7 25 11 7 -36
West Lothian 28 22 23 19 24 8 15 20 18 9 -50
Scotland 947 916 947 863 774 665 664 620 484 403 -17

Notes:

1. Offences mainly related to the possession, handling and distribution of weapons and ammunition. For further information please see Note 5.2.1.

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