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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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	Gender of Accused			Rate per 10,000 population³			All Accused
	Number & Rate per 10,000 population³
Age Group of Accused (where known)	Female	Male	Not recorded or other⁴	Total	Female	Male	All Accused
Under 16	17	99	-	116	*	2	1
16-18	317	909	1	1,227	37	100	69
19-21	717	2,378	2	3,097	71	230	151
22-25	1,046	4,943	3	5,992	69	327	197
26-30	1,467	7,579	5	9,051	79	415	246
31-35	1,399	6,980	1	8,380	78	408	239
36-40	1,189	5,687	2	6,878	73	359	214
41-50	1,592	7,709	5	9,306	41	213	125
51-60	641	3,205	-	3,846	16	86	50
61 and over	137	1,053	1	1,191	2	19	10
All Accused	8,579	40,728	10,234	59,541	31	155	110

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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