Publication - Statistics

Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2012-13

Published: 8 October 2013
ISBN: 9781782568759

This bulletin presents statistics on domestic abuse, based on details of incidents supplied by the eight Scottish police forces in 2012-13

Domestic abuse in Scotland statistics

Supporting documents

Table 11 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by age and gender of victim, Scotland, 2012-13

						Number & rate per 100,000 population
Age Group of Victim	Gender of victim				Rate per 100,000 population¹
Age Group of Victim	Female	Male	Not recorded	TOTAL	Female	Male	TOTAL
Under 16	144	8	-	152	32	2	17
16-18	2,305	198	3	2,506	2,504	203	1,323
19-21	4,926	648	3	5,577	4,469	592	2,539
22-25	7,224	1,270	23	8,517	4,937	881	2,931
26-30	8,124	1,703	4	9,831	4,615	1,004	2,844
31-35	6,974	1,479	5	8,458	4,248	930	2,617
36-40	5,532	1,419	4	6,955	3,223	864	2,071
41-50	8,031	2,560	7	10,598	1,945	657	1,320
51-60	2,421	990	3	3,414	671	287	483
61 and over	774	348	-	1,122	118	66	95
Not Recorded	173	35	2,742	2,950
TOTAL	46,628	10,658	2,794	60,080	1,704	414	1,131

1. Population estimates are at mid-year 2012 from the National Records of Scotland. (http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/2012/index.html)

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