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Recorded crime in Scotland: handling offensive weapons

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

Division	Sample	Number correct	Number incorrect	% correctly classified
	Weapon not used
Scotland	500	422	78	84%
Argyll and West Dunbartonshire	27	22	5	81%
Ayrshire	21	20	1	95%
Dumfries and Galloway	9	9	0	100%
Edinburgh	66	53	13	80%
Fife	22	17	5	77%
Forth Valley	32	23	9	72%
Greater Glasgow	103	91	12	88%
Highlands and Islands	25	12	13	48%
Lanarkshire	59	58	1	98%
Lothians and Scottish Borders	45	35	10	78%
North East	40	36	4	90%
Renfrewshire and Inverclyde	18	17	1	94%
Tayside	33	29	4	88%
CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN COMPARING INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS TO THE NATIONAL POSITION, AS AT LEAST PART OF ANY DIFFERENCE MAY BE DUE TO SAMPLING ERROR
The only divisions that had a statistically significant difference overall to the national position were Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, and Lanarkshire (all of which were higher than the national position) and Highlands & Islands (which has lower than the national position).

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