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 15. Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, 2004-05 to 2010-11
Action taken | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
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Referral to procurator fiscal or SCRA | 2,512 | 3,181 | 3,353 | 3,446 | 3,652 | 2,477 | 2,697 |
Police warning | 141 | 62 | 123 | 82 | 101 | 44 | 91 |
Referred to other agency for action | 74 | 92 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Other action | 370 | 509 | 553 | 716 | 922 | 787 | 508 |
No further action | 138 | 141 | 854 | 731 | 721 | 141 | 358 |
Unknown1 | 86 | 115 | 197 | 29 | 46 | 2,047 | 1,891 |
Total | 3,321 | 4,100 | 5,082 | 5,013 | 5,447 | 5,504 | 5,558 |
1. Lothian & Borders police force was unable to provide data on police action taken for 2009-10 and 2010-11, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.
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