asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of crimes in which a firearm was involved recorded by the police in 1980 and 1981, broken down into type of weapon used and divided into crimes in which a weapon was used in the commission or crimes which resulted from the reckless handling of firearms following the headings used in table 4.1 of "Criminal Statistics Scotland 1979" (Cmnd. 8215).
The number of serious crimes of violence recorded by the police in which a firearm was used in 1980 and 1981 is given in the following table.
Scotland
| Crimes
| |||||||||
1980 | 1981
| |||||||||
Type of Weapon
| Homicide
| Attempted Murder
| Assault
| Robbery
| Total
| Homicide
| Attempted Murder
| Assault
| Robbery
| Total
|
Shotgun | — | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 42 |
Revolver | — | — | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | 10 | 15 |
Rifle | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 4 |
Air Weapon | — | 1 | 71 | 14 | 86 | — | 1 | 78 | 17 | 96 |
Other | — | — | 3 | 43 | 46 | — | — | 2 | 43 | 45 |
Total | — | 10 | 83 | 73 | 166 | 5 | 17 | 87 | 93 | 202 |
The number of crimes recorded by the police involving reckless handling of firearms causing injury or property damage is given in the following table.
Scotland
| Crimes
| |||||
1980
| 1981
| |||||
Type of Weapon
| Injury
| Property Damage
| Total
| Injury
| Property-Damage
| Total
|
Shotgun | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Revolver | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
Rifle | 1 | 6 | 7 | — | 6 | 6 |
Air Weapon | 124 | 508 | 632 | 175 | 629 | 804 |
Other | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Total | 129 | 525 | 654 | 180 | 643 | 823 |