Publication - Statistics

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

Published: 24 November 2015
ISBN: 9781785448584

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.

Supporting documents

Table 12: Ethnic group of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14^,^1,2,3,4

Ethnic Group^1,2	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
										Number
White British	3,060	3,743	4,320	4,281	4,161	4,219	4,183	4,075	3,498	3,844
White Irish	16	32	32	58	43	36	71	38	22	19
Gypsy/Traveller, Polish White and Other White	19	20	101	61	104	125	661	538	552	189
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Other Asian	73	106	132	100	117	99	99	145	103	96
African, Caribbean & Other Black	25	27	69	48	38	46	64	48	55	51
Mixed & Other	53	36	24	30	50	43	47	44	47	53
Unknown	75	136	404	435	934	936	437	393	264	357
Total	3,321	4,100	5,082	5,013	5,447	5,504	5,562	5,281	4,541	4,609
			Number, Percentage & Rate
Ethnic Group^1,2	2013-14	% breakdown (where known) 2013-14	Rate per 10,000 population (2013-14) based on 2011 Census ³
White British	3,844	90.4	7.9
White Irish, Gypsy/Traveller, Polish White and Other White	208	4.9	9.4
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Other Asian	96	2.3	6.8
African, Caribbean & Other Black	51	1.2	14.1
Mixed & Other	53	1.2	15.5
Unknown	357	-	-
Total	4,609	100.0	8.7

1. See Section 5.2 for further details on ethnic group classifications.

2. From 2009-10 to 2013-14, legacy forces moved from a 13-group classification to a 21-group classification. During this transition period, a number of categories changed unexpectedly; especially around the 'Other White' and 'White British' categories. Caution is urged when comparing across years.

3. This table presents data for perpetrators using a compressed 13-group classification in order to maintain disclosure principles and to provide meaningful data.

4. Population estimates taken from the 2011 Scottish Census published by NRS, www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk

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