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Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons
This report presents information on handling offensive weapons recorded by the police.
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Table 12: Gender of victim, by gender of perpetrator and crime type, April to September, 2017.
| Male perpetrator 1 | Female perpetrator 1 | Number sampled | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male victim | Female victim | Male victim | Female victim | ||
| 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.