Publication - Statistics

Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11

Published: 12 June 2012
ISBN: 9781780458632

This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2010-11.

Table 8. Ethnic origin¹ of victims of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Ethnic Group	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
White British	826	1,030	983	1,030	1,095	1,158	1,045
White Irish	63	91	139	121	124	87	131
Other White²	130	122	414	477	509	534	546
Mixed	127	149	170	152	150	129	248
Indian	443	431	507	488	609	557	536
Pakistani	1,773	1,545	1,833	1,654	1,584	1,458	1,376
Bangladeshi	67	26	67	48	54	62	95
Other Asian	508	984	532	559	505	497	503
Caribbean	92	171	59	53	59	46	46
African	321	325	404	443	478	505	416
Other Black	118	68	111	181	160	115	249
Chinese	151	153	183	117	152	127	109
Other	295	379	339	290	290	323	335
Unknown	145	346	222	177	226	185	267
Total	5,059	5,820	5,963	5,790	5,995	5,783	5,902

1. See note 4.6 for detail of changes to ethnic origin classifications implemented in 2009-10.
2. Includes Gypsy/Traveller, Polish White and Other White.

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Table 8. Ethnic origin1 of victims of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11

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Table 8. Ethnic origin¹ of victims of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11