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Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11
This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2010-11.
Table 9. Main language of victims of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11
| Language | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 4,238 | 4,770 | 5,058 | 3,880 | 3,846 | 3,559 | 3,396 |
| Other | 652 | 728 | 637 | 1,562 | 806 | 505 | 497 |
| Unknown1,2 | 169 | 322 | 268 | 348 | 1,343 | 1,719 | 2,009 |
| Total | 5,059 | 5,820 | 5,963 | 5,790 | 5,995 | 5,783 | 5,902 |
1. Lothian & Borders police force was unable to provide data on main language of victim for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.
2. Central Scotland police force was unable to provide information for 2010-11 on the main language of victim, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.
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