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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 6: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by gender of victim & accused, 2009-10 to 2019-20¹

	Number & Percentage
Gender of victim & accused	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Female victim, male accused	41,927	44,951	46,439	45,916	42,120	39,483	43,158	42,759	39,864	39,721	40,803
% of total known	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	81	82	82
Male victim, female accused	7,938	8,889	9,569	9,946	9,435	8,901	9,845	9,957	7,929	7,686	7,657
% of total known	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	15
Female victim, female accused	682	736	566	605	612	671	743	737	617	660	706
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Male victim, male accused	666	693	659	677	724	854	877	835	740	657	742
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Not recorded or other ⁵	713	429	2,614	2,936	5,548	9,973	3,481	4,522	10,391	11,917	12,999
Total	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541	60,641	62,907

Please see Notes for tables at end of this chapter.

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