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.

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Table 14: Age and gender of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 ¹

Gender	Age	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Rate per 10,000 population¹ (2013-14)
												Number & Rate per 10,000 population
Male	Under 16	591	694	934	791	864	913	900	762	681	439	9.4
	16 to 20	643	939	911	841	939	1,016	970	765	567	583	35.2
	21 to 25	341	401	465	501	561	580	586	585	469	456	24.6
	26 to 35	435	489	612	564	666	659	679	735	661	732	21.9
	36 to 50	384	464	592	619	626	704	682	708	618	790	14.5
	Over 50	121	121	202	223	222	203	238	278	283	358	4.0
	Total Male	2,515	3,108	3,716	3,539	3,878	4,075	4,055	3,833	3,279	3,358	13.0
Female	Under 16	162	286	303	228	263	254	288	258	206	135	3.0
	16 to 20	112	174	223	186	206	209	177	161	137	160	10.0
	21 to 25	67	78	83	100	112	115	130	143	139	100	5.4
	26 to 35	158	130	145	174	162	179	192	206	202	238	6.9
	36 to 50	132	158	189	191	205	214	213	229	225	249	4.3
	Over 50	31	42	50	55	70	73	57	78	81	102	1.0
	Total Female	662	868	993	934	1,018	1,044	1,057	1,075	990	984	3.6
Unknown gender/age		144	124	373	540	551	385	450	373	272	267
Total		3,321	4,100	5,082	5,013	5,447	5,504	5,562	5,281	4,541	4,609	8.7

1. Population estimates are as at mid-year from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) (http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates). NRS have announced discrepancies in the mid-year population estimates. See section 6.35 for more details.

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