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

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

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
	Number & Percentage
Female victim, male perpetrator	41,499	41,833	44,961	41,927	44,951	46,439	45,916	42,120	39,483	43,158
% of total known	87	85	84	82	81	81	80	80	79	79
Male victim, female perpetrator	5,482	6,199	7,361	7,938	8,889	9,569	9,946	9,435	8,901	9,845
% of total known	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18
Female victim, female perpetrator	431	565	640	682	736	566	605	612	671	743
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Male victim, male perpetrator	455	530	548	666	693	659	677	724	854	877
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Not recorded or other ⁴	941	822	421	713	429	2,614	2,936	5,548	9,973	3,481
Total	48,808	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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