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Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used as a percentage of all crimes and offences recorded for selected crimes, Scotland, 1991 - 2000 |
Table 2 |
|
Percentage (1) |
|
Crime/offence |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
Homicide (2) |
8.0 |
4.3 |
6.6 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
18.5 |
6.3 |
7.0 |
4.7 |
1.9 |
|
Attempted murder (2) |
7.7 |
6.8 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
|
Assault |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|
Robbery |
7.1 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
|
Vandalism |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
(1) Some of the figures in this table are based on fewer than 100 recorded
cases.
(2) The 1996 figures for homicide and attempted murders include the Dunblane
incident which occurred on 13 March 1996.
The figures for 1996 excluding the Dunblane incident would have been 6.8 per
cent and 4.6 per cent respectively.
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