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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 17: Miscellaneous firearm offences 1 by, Local Authority area, Scotland, 2006-07 to 2015-16
Number & Percentage
| Local Authority Area | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | % change 14-15 to 15-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 21 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 20 | -9 |
| Aberdeenshire | 43 | 28 | 26 | 47 | 41 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 42 | 62 |
| Angus | 11 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | - | 4 | 9 | n/r |
| Argyll & Bute | 9 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 41 | 12 | -71 |
| Clackmannanshire | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | n/r |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 29 | 36 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 27 | 24 | -11 |
| Dundee | 16 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 9 | - | 2 | 15 | n/r |
| East Ayrshire | 34 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 14 | n/r |
| East Dunbartonshire | 22 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | n/r |
| East Lothian | 11 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| East Renfrewshire | 11 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | n/r |
| Edinburgh City | 79 | 47 | 48 | 55 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 54 | 37 | -31 |
| Falkirk | 24 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Fife | 56 | 33 | 38 | 26 | 36 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 22 | -8 |
| Glasgow City | 146 | 209 | 154 | 116 | 108 | 99 | 81 | 55 | 65 | 31 | -52 |
| Highland | 79 | 37 | 47 | 43 | 71 | 52 | 37 | 29 | 31 | 22 | -29 |
| Inverclyde | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -60 |
| Midlothian | 11 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | n/r |
| Moray | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 33 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | n/r |
| North Ayrshire | 17 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 20 |
| North Lanarkshire | 65 | 42 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 36 | 32 | -11 |
| Orkney Islands | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Perth & Kinross | 13 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 11 | n/r |
| Renfrewshire | 26 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 10 | -9 |
| Scottish Borders | 36 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | n/r |
| Shetland Islands | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| South Ayrshire | 24 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 8 | -27 |
| South Lanarkshire | 56 | 34 | 44 | 36 | 29 | 37 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 7 |
| Stirling | 18 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 15 | -17 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 22 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | -20 |
| West Lothian | 23 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 9 | -40 |
| Scotland | 947 | 863 | 774 | 665 | 664 | 620 | 484 | 403 | 504 | 435 | -14 |
Notes:
1. Offences mainly related to the possession, handling and distribution of weapons and ammunition. For further information please see Note 4.3.1.