Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016

Statistics on those crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved or where a firearm was stolen.


Table 11: Age and gender of main victim in offences in which a firearm was alleged to have been fired causing fatal or non-fatal injury, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16

Number

Age and Gender of Main Victim 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
All victims 248 212 143 154 111 95 66 43 48 35
10 or under 30 38 22 25 19 12 5 1 2 2
11 to 15 60 46 25 43 39 30 19 10 14 8
16 to 20 37 21 17 30 7 7 12 5 12 3
21 to 30 53 39 27 19 17 20 11 11 8 5
31 or over 68 68 52 37 29 26 19 16 12 17
Male victims 190 154 105 105 81 77 41 31 31 20
10 or under 22 29 16 16 9 10 4 - 1 2
11 to 15 44 30 20 20 23 24 13 9 7 3
16 to 20 29 14 11 24 6 5 5 4 9 2
21 to 30 43 36 22 17 16 15 8 7 7 4
31 or over 52 45 36 28 27 23 11 11 7 9
Female victims 57 57 38 49 29 18 25 12 17 15
10 or under 8 9 6 9 10 2 1 1 1 -
11 to 15 16 16 5 23 16 6 6 1 7 5
16 to 20 8 7 6 6 1 2 7 1 3 1
21 to 30 9 3 5 2 - 5 3 4 1 1
31 or over 16 22 16 9 2 3 8 5 5 8
Police Officer 1 1 - - 1 - - - - -

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