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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2017/18

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

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Age Group of Victim (where known)	Gender of victim			Rate per 10,000 population³			All Victims
	Number & Rate per 10,000 population ³
Age Group of Victim (where known)	Female	Male	Not recorded or other⁴	Total	Female	Male	All Victims
Under 16	225	18	-	243	5	0	3
16-18	1,937	181	-	2,118	225	20	120
19-21	3,870	482	-	4,352	381	47	212
22-25	6,365	1,004	3	7,372	417	67	243
26-30	8,425	1,552	10	9,987	455	85	272
31-35	7,192	1,506	1	8,699	401	88	248
36-40	5,766	1,342	-	7,108	353	85	221
41-50	7,094	2,108	2	9,204	185	58	123
51-60	2,596	1,044	1	3,641	66	28	48
61 and over	767	391	1	1,159	11	7	9
Not Recorded	28	6	5,624	5,658	-	-	-
All Victims	44,265	9,634	5,642	59,541	159	37	110

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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