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.


Annex 9: Classification of Crime and Offences used in this bulletin

CRIMES Includes
Non-sexual crimes of violence Murder, attempted murder, serious assault, culpable homicide, robbery, threats and extortion
Sexual offences Rape & attempted rape, sexual assault, procuration, other sexual offences
Crimes of dishonesty Housebreaking, theft of motor vehicle, shoplifting, fraud, other crimes of dishonesty
Fire-raising, vandalism etc Fire-raising, vandalism, other malicious and reckless conduct
Other crimes Handling offensive weapons, drug crimes, crimes against public order
OFFENCES Includes
All Offences Common assault, breach of the peace, threatening or abusive behaviour, stalking, offensive behaviour at football, threatening communications, racially aggravated harassment, racially aggravated conduct, motor vehicle offences, anti-social behaviour offences

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