Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2013-14

This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2013-14.

Racist incidents reported to the police may involve one or more victims/ complainers, one or more perpetrators, and may result in one or more crimes or offences being recorded.


Table 4: Racist incidents recorded, by quarter, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1

Number

Quarter 1

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

April to June

1,221

1,207

1,303

1,599

1,341

1,354

1,365

1,349

1,256

1,340

July to September

1,187

1,508

1,465

1,399

1,230

1,276

1,189

1,468

1,213

1,346

October to December

1,138

1,267

1,317

1,147

1,252

1,264

1,210

1,309

1,110

1,067

January to March

973

1,130

1,237

1,102

1,322

1,066

1,147

1,263

1,049

1,054

Total

4,519

5,112

5,322

5,247

5,145

4,960

4,911

5,389

4,628

4,807

1. Incidents with unknown day of recording are allocated to the 15th of the month they occurred. If the month is unknown as well, they are assigned to June

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