Publication - Statistics

Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2015/16

Published: 25 October 2016
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Part of: Communities and third sector, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN: 9781786525536

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland between 2015 and 2016.

Domestic abuse in Scotland statistics

Supporting documents

Table 2: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2006-07 to 2015-16 ¹

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	Number
Aberdeen City	1,862	2,138	2,388	2,415	2,323	2,449	2,648	2,487	3,088	2,570
Aberdeenshire	649	707	639	584	550	605	787	886	1,408	1,330
Angus	841	852	983	947	969	1,187	1,154	1,241	1,329	1,226
Argyll & Bute	447	481	517	503	521	563	536	556	643	653
Clackmannanshire	558	629	720	707	833	792	713	782	704	698
Dumfries & Galloway	1,237	1,204	1,306	1,176	1,407	1,291	1,411	1,272	1,230	1,146
Dundee City	1,995	1,937	2,135	2,305	2,366	2,440	2,525	2,442	2,525	2,365
East Ayrshire	1,149	1,253	1,252	1,273	1,387	1,430	1,413	1,509	1,567	1,535
East Dunbartonshire	535	596	642	537	661	650	665	623	572	658
East Lothian	705	729	926	902	970	929	1,023	1,025	1,000	903
East Renfrewshire	407	394	382	421	481	555	551	463	535	491
Edinburgh City	5,784	5,081	5,103	4,923	5,233	5,287	5,313	5,231	5,730	5,541
Falkirk	1,407	1,885	2,107	1,862	2,019	2,080	1,997	2,014	1,951	2,142
Fife	3,717	3,926	3,987	4,055	3,847	4,519	4,800	4,621	4,200	4,070
Glasgow City	9,030	8,975	9,664	8,866	10,160	11,116	10,220	9,559	8,974	8,596
Highland	1,055	995	1,006	879	1,451	1,872	2,102	2,047	2,247	2,312
Inverclyde	844	918	821	640	773	951	896	811	889	812
Midlothian	780	777	917	933	860	1,036	1,125	1,124	1,103	1,116
Moray	627	561	443	389	593	694	620	377	749	730
Na h-Eileanan Siar	77	82	94	58	102	114	94	124	145	154
North Ayrshire	1,455	1,468	1,639	1,770	1,791	1,897	1,820	1,837	1,830	1,725
North Lanarkshire	3,269	3,197	4,068	4,157	3,662	3,680	3,996	3,900	3,963	4,006
Orkney Islands	44	24	21	44	107	108	95	107	114	138
Perth & Kinross	872	880	930	956	1,060	1,162	1,236	1,351	1,529	1,221
Renfrewshire	1,827	1,902	2,045	1,658	2,179	2,431	2,333	2,304	2,235	2,151
Scottish Borders	650	592	665	808	760	801	930	864	911	915
Shetland Islands	48	51	42	37	70	103	101	86	107	134
South Ayrshire	1,075	1,147	1,105	1,208	1,245	1,265	1,292	1,253	1,296	1,126
South Lanarkshire	2,268	2,379	2,959	2,717	2,920	3,166	3,064	3,026	3,085	3,253
Stirling	493	759	782	834	850	833	790	768	785	826
West Dunbartonshire	1,403	1,642	1,602	1,362	1,485	1,709	1,518	1,460	1,220	1,358
West Lothian	1,774	1,788	2,041	2,000	2,063	2,132	2,312	2,289	2,218	2,203
Scotland	48,884	49,949	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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