The figures for 2023/24 in Stirling also saw recorded incidents spike by almost 13 per cent on the previous year.
Domestic abuse across Stirling has risen to its highest level in a decade - spiking by almost 30 per cent since 2014/15.
New figures released by Police Scotland in a report to the Scottish Government reveal that in the Stirling Council area there were 1,015 instances of domestic abuse reported to police in 2023/24.In Clackmannanshire, the number rose by less than four per cent over the same period. In 2014/15, 704 reported incidents were made to the police, compared to 732 in 2023/24.
The figures for 2023/24 in Stirling saw recorded incidents spike by almost 13 per cent on the previous year. The figure for 2022/23 was 899. Of the 1,015 recorded incidents in Stirling in 2023/24, just 39 per cent of those involved a crime or offence being committed. Of the 732 recorded in the Wee County, just 37 per cent included a crime or offence being committed.The definition of domestic abuse used by Police Scotland is any form of physical, verbal, sexual, psychological or financial abuse which might amount to criminal conduct and which takes place within the context of a relationship.
The number of police recorded across Scotland reached 63,867 in 2023-24, an increase of three per cent compared to the previous year. It marks the first year the figure has shown an increase since 2020-21.Over four-in-five incidents of domestic abuse in 2023-24 had a female victim and a male suspect. Seventeen per cent of victims were male.In the remaining three per cent of domestic abuse incidents, the victim and suspected perpetrator were the same gender.
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