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Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons

This report presents information on handling offensive weapons recorded by the police.

	Male victim	Female victim	Male victim	Female victim	Number sampled
	Male perpetrator ¹		Female perpetrator ¹		Number sampled
Used in commission of a crime
Apr - Sep 2017	70%	19%	5%	6%	566
Possession of an offensive weapon	74%	16%	5%	6%	333
Having in a public place an article with a blade or point	65%	23%	5%	7%	233

1. Where the crime involved more than one perpetrator, the details for the main perpetrator was used in each case.

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