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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.

	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
	Number
Incidents leading to the recording of a crime or offence	14,653	13,950	13,926	15,669	21,593	21,829	23,506	23,832	25,127
Crimes	1,884	2,296	2,304	2,817	3,612	4,679	4,876	5,235	5,639
Offences	12,769	11,654	11,622	12,852	17,981	17,150	18,630	18,597	19,488
Incidents not leading to the recording of a crime or offence	18,534	21,175	21,322	20,208	19,642	21,804	21,825	25,052	24,822
Total Incidents	33,187	35,125	35,248	35,877	41,235	43,633	45,331	48,884	49,949
	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14		2014-15	2015-16
Incidents leading to the recording of a crime or offence	29,526	32,066	32,370	32,369	30,259	31,769		32,569	29,906
Crimes	6,416	6,630	7,161	7,710	7,488	-		-	-
Offences	23,110	25,436	25,209	24,659	22,771	-		-	-
Incidents not leading to the recording of a crime or offence	24,405	19,860	23,328	27,478	29,821	26,670		27,313	28,198
Total Incidents	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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