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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

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Table 17 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by relationship between victim/perpetrator, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

                Number
  2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Spouse 8,415 8,439 8,504 8,230 8,077 8,363 7,632 7,810 7,440 7,562
Cohabitee 10,083 10,504 10,317 11,737 12,127 12,197 11,117 10,809 10,866 10,771
Partner 6,737 7,067 7,129 8,673 9,944 11,234 11,379 12,317 13,189 13,265
Ex-spouse 2,783 2,369 2,364 2,174 2,280 2,301 2,046 2,237 2,081 2,051
Ex-partner 9,824 11,723 13,139 14,523 16,475 19,442 18,907 21,730 23,372 23,197
Other 959 3,476 3,863 3,436 896 386 372 609 360 334
Not recorded1 2,434 55 15 35 150 8 473 186 2,539 2,900
TOTAL 41,235 43,633 45,331 48,808 49,949 53,931 51,926 55,698 59,847 60,080

1. In April 2011-12, Tayside made a change to the way domestic incidents are recorded which has resulted in an increase in the number of incidents with unknown details. See note 4.5

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