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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2019/20

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland in 2019/20.

Table 4: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police and whether they included a crime or offence, by local authority, 2019-20

	Number & Percentage
	2019-20
Local authority	Number of incidents	% of incidents including a crime or offence	% of incidents not including a crime or offence
Aberdeen City	2,566	44%	56%
Aberdeenshire	1,737	48%	52%
Angus	1,179	44%	56%
Argyll & Bute	687	45%	55%
Clackmannanshire	781	43%	57%
Dumfries & Galloway	1,394	54%	46%
Dundee City	2,480	42%	58%
East Ayrshire	1,524	45%	55%
East Dunbartonshire	634	38%	62%
East Lothian	1,258	36%	64%
East Renfrewshire	554	41%	59%
Edinburgh City	5,575	41%	59%
Falkirk	2,123	43%	57%
Fife	4,599	43%	57%
Glasgow City	9,539	39%	61%
Highland	2,374	33%	67%
Inverclyde	935	43%	57%
Midlothian	1,206	34%	66%
Moray	828	51%	49%
Na h-Eileanan Siar	133	29%	71%
North Ayrshire	1,744	46%	54%
North Lanarkshire	4,801	37%	63%
Orkney Islands	118	41%	59%
Perth & Kinross	1,249	39%	61%
Renfrewshire	2,260	41%	59%
Scottish Borders	1,152	37%	63%
Shetland Islands	131	41%	59%
South Ayrshire	1,313	42%	58%
South Lanarkshire	3,619	33%	67%
Stirling	766	43%	57%
West Dunbartonshire	1,338	42%	58%
West Lothian	2,310	39%	61%
Scotland	62,907	40%	60%

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