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 15: Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1,2
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Number |
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| Action taken |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referral to Procurator Fiscal or SCRA |
2,512 |
3,181 |
3,353 |
3,446 |
3,652 |
2,477 |
2,699 |
2,846 |
2,570 |
3,653 |
| Police warning |
141 |
62 |
123 |
82 |
101 |
44 |
91 |
52 |
64 |
37 |
| Referred to other agency for action |
74 |
92 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
49 |
14 |
146 |
| Other action |
370 |
509 |
553 |
716 |
922 |
787 |
509 |
479 |
337 |
340 |
| No further action |
138 |
141 |
854 |
731 |
721 |
141 |
359 |
358 |
258 |
318 |
| Unknown1 |
86 |
115 |
197 |
29 |
46 |
2,047 |
1,891 |
1,497 |
1,298 |
115 |
| 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
2. Due to the delay in collecting the data for 2013-14 (see section 2.6), care is urged when comparing across years.
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