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 13: Main language of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1
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Number |
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| Language |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
3,175 |
3,988 |
4,651 |
4,607 |
3,463 |
3,154 |
3,372 |
3,516 |
3,045 |
3,821 |
| Other |
56 |
20 |
38 |
56 |
45 |
31 |
46 |
45 |
40 |
47 |
| Unknown1 |
90 |
92 |
393 |
350 |
1,939 |
2,319 |
2,144 |
1,720 |
1,456 |
741 |
| Total |
3,321 |
4,100 |
5,082 |
5,013 |
5,447 |
5,504 |
5,562 |
5,281 |
4,541 |
4,609 |
1. The number of unknowns was higher from 2008-09 onwards. Care should be taken when comparing across years.
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