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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 6: Racist incidents recorded, by category of person making initial report, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1,2
| Number | ||||||||||
| Reporter | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victim/complainer 1 | 3,833 | 4,391 | 4,373 | 3,987 | 3,737 | 2,867 | 2,778 | 2,800 | 2,353 | 3,156 |
| Police | 158 | 220 | 350 | 518 | 671 | 329 | 355 | 462 | 400 | 574 |
| Third party agency report | 31 | 74 | 38 | 50 | 73 | 80 | 67 | 68 | 52 | 57 |
| Witness | 282 | 213 | 331 | 404 | 419 | 356 | 453 | 574 | 459 | 483 |
| Other | 215 | 214 | 230 | 285 | 230 | 170 | 175 | 148 | 154 | 266 |
| Unknown 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 1,158 | 1,083 | 1,337 | 1,210 | 271 |
| Total | 4,519 | 5,112 | 5,322 | 5,247 | 5,145 | 4,960 | 4,911 | 5,389 | 4,628 | 4,807 |
1. The victim/complainer is the person who perceived the incident to be racist. The complainer may not necessarily be the person(s) at whom the racist incident was targeted. See Section 2.7 for more.
2. The number of unknowns was higher between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Care should be taken when comparing across years.
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