Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been fired causing injury by age & sex of main victim, Scotland, 1991 - 2000

Table 10

Number & Percentage

Age & sex of main victim

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

% change 99/00

All victims

420

390

320

383

421

418

267

248

269

306

14

10 or under

46

50

41

50

57

78

25

26

20

39

95

11-15

193

156

129

168

167

149

106

92

118

122

3

16-20

49

41

31

44

46

38

33

27

35

40

14

21 or over

130

141

117

120

151

150

103

99

95

103

8

Unknown

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

*

Male

305

297

246

302

325

306

180

172

186

209

12

10 or under

36

43

32

46

52

55

20

16

12

31

158

11-15

140

118

98

125

119

106

69

62

79

78

-1

16-20

41

27

26

32

34

30

26

18

22

32

45

21 or over

88

107

90

99

120

115

65

76

73

67

-8

Unknown

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

*

Female

113

93

72

80

96

109

87

72

82

96

17

10 or under

10

7

9

4

5

23

5

10

8

8

-

11-15

53

38

31

43

48

43

37

30

39

44

13

16-20

8

14

5

12

12

8

7

9

13

8

-38

21 or over

42

34

27

21

31

35

38

23

22

36

64

Unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

Police officer

2

-

2

1

-

3

-

4

1

1

-