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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016
Statistics on those crimes and offences recorded by the police in Scotland in which a firearm was alleged to have been involved or where a firearm was stolen.
Table 15a: Offences in which an identified firearm (other than an air weapon) was alleged to have been involved by, local authority, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2013-14
Number
| Local Authority area | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-131 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Aberdeenshire | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Angus | 17 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Argyll & Bute | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Dundee City | 33 | 49 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| East Ayrshire | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| East Lothian | 4 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | - | 7 | - |
| East Renfrewshire | 6 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Edinburgh City | 69 | 58 | 69 | 74 | 44 | 39 | 28 | 32 | 51 | 27 |
| Falkirk | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Fife | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 19 |
| Glasgow City | 76 | 76 | 88 | 60 | 90 | 51 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Highland | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Inverclyde | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Midlothian | 5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Moray | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 2 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Ayrshire | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| North Lanarkshire | 28 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Perth & Kinross | 17 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Renfrewshire | 9 | 22 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Scottish Borders | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Shetland Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| South Lanarkshire | 18 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Stirling | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| West Lothian | 21 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Scotland | 402 | 462 | 427 | 346 | 343 | 285 | 168 | 138 | 144 | 151 |
Notes:
1. As a result of a change in recording practices by Lothian and Borders Police, their data for 2012-13 are not directly comparable with previous years. For further information please see Note 4.6.6.