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 1. Racist incidents recorded, by police force area, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Police force 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Central Total Incidents 280 355 357 336 381 267 278
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 275 354 348 336 381 263 271
Total Crimes 402 571 525 522 566 404 337
Dumfries and Galloway Total Incidents 78 89 102 64 98 78 66
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 69 73 71 58 82 67 62
Total Crimes 85 91 95 58 95 74 69
Fife1 Total Incidents 302 241 193 149 138 139 205
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 276 205 193 149 138 139 205
Total Crimes 464 355 271 218 187 177 256
Grampian Total Incidents 437 386 439 391 621 624 629
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 435 386 435 389 605 621 613
Total Crimes 701 674 877 735 1,072 1,158 906
Lothian and Borders Total Incidents 814 1,292 1,521 1,391 1,112 1,158 1,083
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 814 1,280 1,521 1,390 1,112 1,154 1,083
Total Crimes 913 1,306 1,543 1,493 1,366 1,348 1,368
Northern Total Incidents 123 128 123 140 138 89 78
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 116 128 113 130 138 88 67
Total Crimes 217 143 144 188 139 89 94
Strathclyde Total Incidents 2,152 2,216 2,213 2,396 2,289 2,321 2,284
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 1,939 2,074 2,050 2,192 2,212 2,269 2,190
Total Crimes 2,620 2,900 2,823 3,082 2,824 2,896 2,812
Tayside Total Incidents 333 405 374 380 368 284 284
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 332 405 374 380 368 284 284
Total Crimes 332 404 376 380 368 324 327
Scotland Total Incidents 4,519 5,112 5,322 5,247 5,145 4,960 4,907
Incidents which involved 1 or more crimes 4,256 4,905 5,105 5,024 5,036 4,885 4,775
Total Crimes 5,734 6,444 6,654 6,676 6,617 6,470 6,169

1. In April 2010, a revamp of the Fife police force systems which supports the production of racist incidents data has resulted in an increased and more accurate number of racist incidents being recorded in 2010-11.

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