Publication - Statistics

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

Published: 27 November 2018
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Part of: Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN: 9781787814165

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

Domestic abuse in Scotland statistics

Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2008-09 to 2017-18

										Number
	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Aberdeen City	2,388	2,415	2,323	2,449	2,648	2,487	3,088	2,570	2,522	2,773
Aberdeenshire	639	584	550	605	787	886	1,408	1,330	1,463	1,616
Angus	983	947	969	1,187	1,154	1,241	1,329	1,226	1,125	1,139
Argyll & Bute	517	503	521	563	536	556	643	653	634	655
Clackmannanshire	720	707	833	792	713	782	704	698	776	831
Dumfries & Galloway	1,306	1,176	1,407	1,291	1,411	1,272	1,230	1,146	1,047	1,246
Dundee City	2,135	2,305	2,366	2,440	2,525	2,442	2,525	2,365	2,266	2,103
East Ayrshire	1,252	1,273	1,387	1,430	1,413	1,509	1,567	1,535	1,348	1,405
East Dunbartonshire	642	537	661	650	665	623	572	658	610	563
East Lothian	926	902	970	929	1,023	1,025	1,000	903	938	938
East Renfrewshire	382	421	481	555	551	463	535	491	518	536
Edinburgh City	5,103	4,923	5,233	5,287	5,313	5,231	5,730	5,541	5,445	5,722
Falkirk	2,107	1,862	2,019	2,080	1,997	2,014	1,951	2,142	2,162	2,116
Fife	3,987	4,055	3,847	4,519	4,800	4,621	4,200	4,070	4,457	4,455
Glasgow City	9,664	8,866	10,160	11,116	10,220	9,559	8,974	8,596	8,888	8,853
Highland	1,006	879	1,451	1,872	2,102	2,047	2,247	2,312	2,350	2,336
Inverclyde	821	640	773	951	896	811	889	812	872	894
Midlothian	917	933	860	1,036	1,125	1,124	1,103	1,116	1,040	987
Moray	443	389	593	694	620	377	749	730	760	714
Na h-Eileanan Siar	94	58	102	114	94	124	145	154	152	167
North Ayrshire	1,639	1,770	1,791	1,897	1,820	1,837	1,830	1,725	1,677	1,590
North Lanarkshire	4,068	4,157	3,662	3,680	3,996	3,900	3,963	4,006	4,406	4,587
Orkney Islands	21	44	107	108	95	107	114	138	102	107
Perth & Kinross	930	956	1,060	1,162	1,236	1,351	1,529	1,221	1,180	1,142
Renfrewshire	2,045	1,658	2,179	2,431	2,333	2,304	2,235	2,151	2,230	2,132
Scottish Borders	665	808	760	801	930	864	911	915	978	1,090
Shetland Islands	42	37	70	103	101	86	107	134	115	124
South Ayrshire	1,105	1,208	1,245	1,265	1,292	1,253	1,296	1,126	1,010	1,027
South Lanarkshire	2,959	2,717	2,920	3,166	3,064	3,026	3,085	3,253	3,285	3,311
Stirling	782	834	850	833	790	768	785	826	818	802
West Dunbartonshire	1,602	1,362	1,485	1,709	1,518	1,460	1,220	1,358	1,395	1,375
West Lothian	2,041	2,000	2,063	2,132	2,312	2,289	2,218	2,203	2,241	2,205
Scotland	53,931	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541

Please see Notes for Tables at end of Chapter 5.

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Table 3: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by local authority, 2008-09 to 2017-18

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