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Homicide in Scotland, 2011-12

Statistical bulletin on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland in 2011-12

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Age and gender of accused	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Age and gender of accused	Number:
All accused	176	156	188	141	169	149	132	121	143	124
Under 16	8	4	8	4	7	3	4	5	4	3
16 to 20	39	29	35	45	49	32	30	28	34	27
21 to 30	52	70	71	44	60	50	43	44	43	42
31 to 50	63	48	62	44	42	55	48	31	58	46
51 and over	14	5	12	4	11	9	7	13	4	6
Male accused	156	146	169	123	156	131	114	101	115	115
Under 16	7	4	8	4	7	3	4	5	4	3
16 to 20	34	26	33	43	48	26	26	23	26	25
21 to 30	49	65	64	35	54	44	40	39	38	39
31 to 50	54	46	54	38	37	50	37	23	44	42
51 and over	12	5	10	3	10	8	7	11	3	6
Female accused	20	10	19	18	13	18	18	20	28	9
Under 16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 20	5	3	2	2	1	6	4	5	8	2
21 to 30	3	5	7	9	6	6	3	5	5	3
31 to 50	9	2	8	6	5	5	11	8	14	4
51 and over	2	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-
	Rate per million population:
All accused	35	31	37	28	33	29	26	23	27	24
Under 16	8	4	9	4	8	3	4	5	4	3
16 to 20	122	90	107	135	147	96	90	84	102	82
21 to 30	83	114	116	71	94	76	63	63	60	58
31 to 50	42	32	41	29	28	37	33	21	40	32
51 and over	8	3	7	2	6	5	4	7	2	3
Male accused	64	60	69	50	63	53	46	40	45	45
Under 16	14	8	17	8	15	6	9	11	9	6
16 to 20	210	159	197	253	282	152	151	135	153	148
21 to 30	159	213	209	113	168	133	117	110	105	106
31 to 50	74	63	74	52	51	70	52	33	63	60
51 and over	16	7	13	4	13	10	9	13	4	7
Female accused	8	4	7	7	5	7	7	7	10	3
Under 16	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16 to 20	32	19	12	12	6	37	25	31	49	12
21 to 30	10	16	23	29	19	18	9	15	14	8
31 to 50	12	3	10	8	6	6	14	11	19	5
51 and over	2	-	2	1	1	1	-	2	1	-

Notes:

1. Figures correct as at 6 November 2012.

2. Population data are derived from relevant mid-year population estimates prepared by the National Records of Scotland:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html.

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