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 5 Incidents of domestic abuse, by gender of victim and financial year, 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
Female	36,139	38,152	39,438	42,374	42,751	45,831	43,002	45,882	47,125	46,628
Male	4,041	4,955	5,394	5,999	6,794	7,936	8,673	9,626	10,245	10,658
Transgender¹	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	**	**	21	13
Unknown²	1,055	526	499	435	404	164	**	**	2,456	2,781
TOTAL	41,235	43,633	45,331	48,808	49,949	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080

1. 2009-10 was the first year in which a separate code for Transgender was used in the data collection. See note 4.4.

2. 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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Table 5 Incidents of domestic abuse, by gender of victim and financial year, Scotland, 2003-04 to 2012-13

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