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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 1999

Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by percentage of crimes cleared up, Scotland, 1990 - 1999

Table 11

Percentage (1)

Crime/offence

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Total

35

35

35

39

44

40

42

46

44

46

Homicide

100

71

83

63

89

82

92

100

57

67

Attempted murder

77

65

56

66

60

65

69

55

68

30

Assault

53

56

47

62

61

55

55

59

57

66

Robbery

30

29

32

33

37

37

32

29

30

37

Vandalism

5

2

3

2

4

3

3

6

6

7

Reckless conduct with firearms

48

36

49

47

56

60

57

64

57

44

Firearms Act 1968 offences

94

93

93

91

91

94

92

93

84

90

Other crimes & offences

77

70

80

73

83

73

78

88

64

80

(1) Many of the figures in this table are based on fewer than 100 recorded cases.

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