Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm other than an airweapon was alleged to have been used by how used, Scotland, 1991 - 2000

Table 5A

Number & Percentage

How used

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

% change 99/00

Total

729

800

737

783

582

590

404

319

421

368

-13

Fired

- fatal injury

7

6

8

9

11

25

6

7

6

2

-67

- causing injury

27

40

43

52

55

61

26

26

34

48

41

- damage to property

18

26

40

34

67

57

38

34

62

76

23

- no injury/damage

35

36

33

42

31

27

36

13

34

7

-79

Used as a blunt instrument

6

13

9

8

3

7

7

12

9

11

22

Used to threaten

529

581

513

505

337

378

268

186

195

167

-14

Other uses

107

98

91

133

78

35

23

41

81

57

-30