Scotland. 2020 ‘Firearm Licences, 2020.’ Firearm Licensing: Annual Statistical Publication, pp. 1-11. Edinburgh: Police Scotland. 31 March

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The information below reflects the number of certificates which were on issue in Scotland on 31 March 2020.

Firearm certificates

There were 25,983 firearm certificates on issue as at 31 March 2020.

Weapons covered by firearm certificates.

There were 104,306 firearms covered by firearm certificates as at 31 March 2020.

Firearms can be categorised as rifles, handguns, muzzle-loading handguns, Section 1 shotguns, sound moderators and other firearm types

Firearm certificates granted, refused, renewed and revoked in the year 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 presented by processing centre.

Processing Centre: Granted - Refused - Renewed - Revoked - Total
Aberdeen: 81 - 3 - 121 - 0 - 205
Falkirk: 35 - 0 - 192 - 1 - 228
Dundee: 106 - 0 - 518 - 0 - 624
Edinburgh: 23 - 0 - 65 - 0 - 88
Glasgow: 164 - 3 - 425 - 19 - 611
Inverness: 226 - 5 - 822 - 28 - 1081
Glenrothes: 131 - 2 - 380 - 1 - 514
Dumfries: 63 - 1 - 229 - 0 - 293
Total: 829 - 14 - 2752 - 49 - 3644

Certificates issued by processing centre as at 31 March 2020.

Processing Centre: Firearm - Shotgun - Air Weapon - Total
Aberdeen: 4328 - 8,050 - 3,940 - 16,318
Falkirk: 937 - 2,037 - 1,151 - 4,125
Dundee: 3,072 - 5,593 - 2,629 - 11,294
Edinburgh: 3,243 - 6,872 - 2,600 - 12,715
Glasgow: 4,164 - 8,618 - 6,888 - 19,670
Inverness: 6,593 - 8,140 - 3,643 - 18,376
Glenrothes: 1,654 - 3,472 - 2,846 - 7,972
Dumfries: 1,992 - 3,921 - 2,123 - 8,036
Total: 25,983 - 46,703 - 25,820 - 98,506

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