Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2012-13

This bulletin presents statistics on domestic abuse, based on details of incidents supplied by the eight Scottish police forces in 2012-13


Table 10 Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, 2012-13, where incidents against the victim had previously been recorded, by police force area and number of previous incidents

            Number
  Number of previous incidents1
1 incident 2-3 incidents 4-5 incidents 6-10 incidents 11 or more incidents Number unknown TOTAL
Central2  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
Dumfries & Galloway 250 235 134 113 98 10 840
Fife 653 797 491 841 892  - 3,674
Grampian 597 700 338 453 457 5 2,550
Lothian & Borders  - 261 103 63 47 5,625 6,099
Northern 320 195 60 51 14 749 1,389
Strathclyde 5,382 5,132 2,243 2,182 1,041  - 15,980
Tayside 346 282 114 80 43  - 865
TOTAL 7,548 7,602 3,483 3,783 2,592 6,389 31,397

1. Forces can only identify a repeat victim if they have been previously entered onto their database. The longer the database has been in existence, the more likely it is that a repeat victim can be recognised as such. Police forces have maintained their databases over different periods and the proportion of identified repeat victims varies accordingly.

2. Central are currently unable to provide information on repeat incidents.

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