Glasgow has 'third highest rate of domestic abuse in Scotland', new report shows

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The vast majority of victims were female.

Only Dundee and West Dunbartonshire had a higher rate, with the Tayside city the highest at 172 per 10,000 population and the local authority that includes Clydebank and Dumbarton second at 161 per 10,000., there were 64,807 incidents of domestic abuse in 2021-22. It is a slight decrease of 1% compared to the previous year.

“Over four-in-five incidents of domestic abuse in 2021-22 had a female victim and a male suspected perpetrator. This increased slightly from 81% in 2020-21.” A third of incidents occurred at the weekend and just under nine-in-10 of all domestic abuse incidents occurred in a home or dwelling. He said: “I am grateful to everyone who has felt able to come forward over the past year to report incidents of domestic abuse to the police.

 

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