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 8B: Further breakdown of ethnic group of victims/complainers of racist incidents for selected legacy force areas in Scotland, 2013-14 1,2,3,4,5
|
|
2013-14 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Ethnic Group - 21-Group Classification |
Count |
% break-down |
| Scottish White |
535 |
19% |
| English White |
166 |
6% |
| Welsh White |
8 |
0% |
| Northern Irish White |
20 |
1% |
| British White |
148 |
5% |
| Irish White |
32 |
1% |
| Gypsy/Traveller White |
7 |
0% |
| Polish White |
265 |
9% |
| Other White |
229 |
8% |
| Mixed or multiple ethnic groups |
72 |
3% |
| Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British |
457 |
16% |
| Indian, Indian Scottish or Indian British |
136 |
5% |
| Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi Scottish or Bangladeshi British |
38 |
1% |
| Chinese, Chinese Scottish or Chinese British |
56 |
2% |
| Other Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British |
228 |
8% |
| African, African Scottish or African British |
221 |
8% |
| Caribbean, Caribbean Scottish or Caribbean British |
81 |
3% |
| Black, Black Scottish or Black British |
38 |
1% |
| Other African, Caribbean or Black - please state |
11 |
0% |
| Arab, Arab Scottish, Arab British |
42 |
1% |
| Other |
58 |
2% |
| Unknown |
376 |
- |
| Total for selected areas in Scotland |
3,224 |
100% |
1. Data covers legacy force areas of Central, Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Grampian, Lothian & Borders, Northern and Tayside. Strathclyde data is not included.
2. Users are advised not to use this data as a proxy for Scotland. Strathclyde legacy force area accounts for 43% (2,061) of all racist incidents in Scotland. Due to its population size, (42% of the Scottish population) and diverse ethnic breakdown of population, it is possible that inclusion of Strathclyde could alter this distribution considerably.
3. 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.
4. Data from previous years is not included due to comparability issues brought about by any changes in police recording.
5. See Section 5.2 for further details on ethnic group classifications
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