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 15. Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Action taken 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Referral to procurator fiscal or SCRA 2,512 3,181 3,353 3,446 3,652 2,477 2,697
Police warning 141 62 123 82 101 44 91
Referred to other agency for action 74 92 2 9 5 8 13
Other action 370 509 553 716 922 787 508
No further action 138 141 854 731 721 141 358
Unknown1 86 115 197 29 46 2,047 1,891
Total 3,321 4,100 5,082 5,013 5,447 5,504 5,558

1. Lothian & Borders police force was unable to provide data on police action taken for 2009-10 and 2010-11, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.

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