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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2017/18

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland.

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	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
	Number & Percentage
Female victim, male accused	44,961	41,927	44,951	46,439	45,916	42,120	39,483	43,158	42,759	39,864
% of total known	84	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	81
Male victim, female accused	7,361	7,938	8,889	9,569	9,946	9,435	8,901	9,845	9,957	7,929
% of total known	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	16
Female victim, female accused	640	682	736	566	605	612	671	743	737	617
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Male victim, male accused	548	666	693	659	677	724	854	877	835	740
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Not recorded or other⁴	421	713	429	2,614	2,936	5,548	9,973	3,481	4,522	10,391
Total	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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