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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2013/14 and 2014/15

This Official Statistics publication presents statistics on incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland in 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Table 6: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by sex of victim & perpetrator and financial year, Scotland, 2005-06 to 2014-15

Number
	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14 ^1,2	2014-15 ²
Female victim, male perpetrator	38,696	41,499	41,833	44,961	41,927	44,951	46,439	45,916	42,120	39,483
% of total known	87	87	85	84	82	81	81	80	80	79
Male victim, female perpetrator	4,932	5,482	6,199	7,361	7,938	8,889	9,569	9,946	9,435	8,901
% of total known	11	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18
Female victim, female perpetrator	381	431	565	640	682	736	566	605	612	671
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Male victim, male perpetrator	400	455	530	548	666	693	659	677	724	854
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Not recorded or other ⁵	922	941	822	421	713	429	2,614	2,936	5,548	9,973
TOTAL ³	45,331	48,808	49,949	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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