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 13. Main language of perpetrators of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Language 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
English 3,175 3,988 4,651 4,607 3,463 3,154 3,369
Other 56 20 38 56 45 31 46
Unknown1 90 92 393 350 1,939 2,319 2,143
Total 3,321 4,100 5,082 5,013 5,447 5,504 5,558

1. Lothian & Borders were unable to provide information on main language of the perpetrator for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.

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