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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2020-21 and 2021-22
Statistics on 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.
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Stolen Firearms
Tables 16, 16a
During 2021-22, Police Scotland recorded two offences in which a firearm (other than an air weapon) was stolen (a very small increase from one offence in 2020-21). These two figures are the lowest recorded figures within the most recent seven years of presented data.
In two out of the three recorded offences in 2020-21 and 2021-22, only one offence involved multiple weapons. This occurred in 2021-22.
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