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 2. Racist incidents recorded, by local authority area, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Local Authority 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1 Number Rate per 10,000 population1
Aberdeen City 313 15.2 267 13.0 309 14.9 322 15.4 483 23.0 451 21.1 464 21.4
Aberdeenshire 86 3.7 75 3.2 88 3.7 31 1.3 107 4.4 90 3.7 90 3.7
Angus 46 4.2 66 6.1 55 5.0 50 4.6 65 5.9 45 4.1 49 4.4
Argyll & Bute 33 3.6 25 2.8 43 4.7 34 3.7 25 2.8 26 2.9 32 3.6
Clackmannanshire 50 10.4 49 10.1 58 11.9 58 11.6 53 10.5 41 8.1 35 6.9
Dumfries & Galloway 78 5.3 89 6.0 102 6.9 64 4.3 98 6.6 78 5.3 66 4.5
Dundee City 217 15.3 246 17.3 242 17.0 244 17.2 215 15.1 160 11.2 157 10.9
East Ayrshire 75 6.3 67 5.6 78 6.5 69 5.8 71 5.9 81 6.7 74 6.2
East Dunbartonshire 41 3.8 33 3.1 33 3.1 42 4.0 38 3.6 41 3.9 40 3.8
East Lothian 28 3.1 38 4.1 64 6.9 54 5.7 35 3.6 35 3.6 47 4.8
East Renfrewshire 48 5.4 55 6.1 40 4.5 33 3.7 36 4.0 40 4.5 43 4.8
Edinburgh, City of 599 13.2 972 21.2 1,179 25.4 1,021 21.8 822 17.4 898 18.8 844 17.4
Eilean Siar 18 6.9 12 4.6 8 3.0 10 3.8 11 4.2 6 2.3 3 1.1
Falkirk 160 10.9 182 12.2 167 11.2 171 11.3 215 14.2 124 8.1 152 9.9
Fife 302 8.5 241 6.8 193 5.4 149 4.1 138 3.8 139 3.8 205 5.6
Glasgow City 1,226 21.2 1,277 22.1 1,209 20.8 1,301 22.4 1,256 21.5 1,318 22.4 1,328 22.4
Highland 97 4.6 107 5.0 107 5.0 122 5.6 123 5.6 81 3.7 68 3.1
Inverclyde 32 3.9 36 4.4 31 3.8 52 6.4 38 4.7 20 2.5 27 3.4
Midlothian 52 6.5 81 10.2 40 5.0 65 8.2 43 5.3 35 4.3 46 5.7
Moray 38 4.4 44 5.1 42 4.8 38 4.4 31 3.5 83 9.5 75 8.5
North Ayrshire 91 6.7 103 7.6 102 7.5 99 7.3 100 7.4 92 6.8 88 6.5
North Lanarkshire 181 5.6 207 6.4 234 7.2 282 8.7 249 7.6 252 7.7 220 6.7
Orkney Islands 4 2.1 4 2.0 3 1.5 5 2.5 2 1.0 2 1.0 4 2.0
Perth & Kinross 70 5.1 93 6.7 77 5.5 86 6.1 88 6.1 79 5.4 78 5.3
Renfrewshire 131 7.7 86 5.1 130 7.7 123 7.3 118 6.9 122 7.2 145 8.5
Scottish Borders 26 2.4 43 3.9 41 3.7 47 4.2 46 4.1 43 3.8 38 3.4
Shetland Islands 4 1.8 5 2.3 5 2.3 3 1.4 2 0.9 0 0.0 3 1.3
South Ayrshire 42 3.8 64 5.7 45 4.0 63 5.6 53 4.7 77 6.9 50 4.5
South Lanarkshire 162 5.3 181 5.9 199 6.5 212 6.8 210 6.8 179 5.8 168 5.4
Stirling 70 8.1 124 14.3 132 15.0 107 12.1 113 12.8 102 11.5 91 10.1
West Dunbartonshire 90 9.8 82 9.0 69 7.6 86 9.4 95 10.4 73 8.0 69 7.6
West Lothian 109 6.7 158 9.6 197 11.9 204 12.2 166 9.8 147 8.6 108 6.3
Scotland 4,519 8.9 5,112 10.0 5,322 10.4 5,247 10.2 5,145 10.0 4,960 9.5 4,907 9.4

1. Population data used to calculate these rates are the relevant mid year population estimates prepared by the National Records of Scotland:
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/theme/population/estimates/mid-year/index.html

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