Scotland’s Chief Statistician today released Domestic abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2024-25.

Where information was recorded, just over four-in-five (81%) incidents of domestic abuse in 2024-25 involved a female victim and a male suspected perpetrator. This has remained unchanged since 2021-22.

Just under one-in-six (16%) of domestic abuse incidents involved a male victim and a female suspected perpetrator (where information was recorded). This increased slightly from 15% in 2023-24.

In 2024-25, the 31 to 35 years old age group had the highest incident rate for both victims (249 incidents recorded per 10,000 population) and suspected perpetrators (227 incidents recorded per 10,000 population).

Further information is available on the Scottish Government website.