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 1: Racist incidents recorded, by local authority area, 2004-05 to 2013-14 ¹

Local Authority	2004-05			2005-06			2006-07			2007-08			2008-09			2009-10			2010-11			2011-12			2012-13			2013-14
																												Number
Local Authority	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes	Total Incidents	Incidents which involved one or more crimes	Total Crimes
Aberdeen City	313	311	505	267	267	445	309	307	651	322	321	637	483	470	904	451	450	961	464	464	668	429	429	608	327	325	397	271	270	302
Aberdeenshire	86	86	131	75	75	146	88	88	157	31	31	45	107	106	137	90	90	108	90	90	143	96	96	121	80	79	94	59	59	67
Angus	46	46	46	66	66	66	55	55	55	50	50	50	65	65	65	45	45	50	49	49	57	55	55	64	32	32	33	45	45	45
Argyll & Bute	33	28	31	25	23	27	43	41	63	34	33	45	25	25	29	26	25	33	32	30	39	45	44	54	34	30	35	33	32	38
Clackmannanshire	50	49	61	49	48	83	58	57	81	58	58	92	53	53	78	41	41	59	35	35	47	68	67	86	52	52	59	41	41	44
Dumfries & Galloway	78	69	85	89	74	91	102	76	95	64	58	58	98	82	95	78	67	74	66	62	69	68	61	64	68	65	72	85	82	82
Dundee City	217	217	217	246	246	245	242	242	242	244	244	244	215	215	215	160	160	184	157	157	171	154	154	175	141	141	155	133	98	133
East Ayrshire	75	68	84	67	67	97	78	74	96	69	67	93	71	71	94	81	81	98	74	70	92	70	70	79	53	48	55	72	70	79
East Dunbartonshire	41	40	59	33	30	46	33	27	38	42	36	48	38	37	58	41	41	56	40	39	45	31	30	34	30	29	38	23	22	31
East Lothian	28	28	31	38	38	38	64	64	67	54	54	59	35	35	44	35	34	38	47	47	63	53	53	63	56	56	63	90	86	100
East Renfrewshire	48	40	46	55	52	69	40	34	46	33	29	34	36	34	41	40	33	40	43	42	56	48	47	56	21	18	23	26	24	27
Edinburgh, City of	599	599	671	972	972	982	1,179	1,179	1,198	1,021	1,021	1,103	822	822	996	898	895	1,051	844	844	1,075	1,017	1,017	1,204	916	916	1,051	934	905	1,096
Eilean Siar	18	17	30	12	12	13	8	7	10	10	10	17	11	11	11	6	6	6	3	2	3	.	.	-	2	2	2	2	2	2
Falkirk	160	158	247	182	182	278	167	165	261	171	171	270	215	215	321	124	124	191	152	152	182	151	147	186	160	157	175	138	130	145
Fife ¹	302	276	464	241	206	355	193	193	271	149	149	218	138	138	187	139	139	177	209	209	260	220	216	252	180	171	173	246	234	413
Glasgow City	1,226	1,105	1,521	1,277	1,195	1,683	1,209	1,120	1,556	1,301	1,176	1,677	1,256	1,212	1,535	1,318	1,287	1,649	1,328	1,269	1,652	1,499	1,473	1,820	1,220	1,135	1,379	1,232	1,177	1,421
Highland	97	91	172	107	107	120	107	105	126	122	120	161	123	123	124	81	80	81	68	58	81	94	77	81	100	91	91	80	67	81
Inverclyde	32	29	33	36	34	46	31	29	40	52	47	67	38	35	38	20	19	25	27	25	34	40	39	44	25	22	28	22	20	25
Midlothian	52	52	61	81	81	82	40	40	39	65	65	71	43	43	50	35	35	43	46	46	54	60	60	72	57	57	66	103	101	119
Moray	38	38	65	44	44	83	42	41	69	38	38	52	31	31	31	83	81	89	75	75	95	52	52	72	39	37	46	41	41	48
North Ayrshire	91	82	113	103	99	139	102	99	135	99	96	128	100	99	125	92	91	114	88	86	102	113	113	145	91	90	104	84	77	88
North Lanarkshire	181	166	224	207	189	265	234	224	292	282	268	385	249	236	308	252	245	326	220	214	266	205	200	238	188	180	219	202	184	206
Orkney Islands	4	4	6	4	4	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	3	3	3
Perth & Kinross	70	69	69	93	93	93	77	77	79	86	86	86	88	88	88	79	79	90	78	78	99	61	61	71	81	81	98	89	75	89
Renfrewshire	131	112	152	86	79	112	130	117	166	123	115	148	118	115	139	122	122	157	145	142	178	136	134	152	150	140	179	144	132	157
Scottish Borders	26	26	28	43	43	45	41	41	40	47	47	49	46	46	54	43	43	44	38	38	44	27	27	32	37	37	39	82	81	97
Shetland Islands	4	4	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	.	.	-	3	3	4	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	9
South Ayrshire	42	39	53	64	62	82	45	44	57	63	62	80	53	51	71	77	77	95	50	48	60	62	62	77	47	46	51	55	51	62
South Lanarkshire	162	146	198	181	166	229	199	179	250	212	184	266	210	204	262	179	175	215	168	159	205	139	137	167	127	119	153	111	102	118
Stirling	70	70	94	124	124	210	132	126	183	107	107	160	113	113	167	102	101	154	91	91	108	113	109	131	101	98	110	86	83	88
West Dunbartonshire	90	84	106	82	79	105	69	63	84	86	80	111	95	93	124	73	73	88	69	66	83	90	89	103	52	48	60	57	49	61
West Lothian	109	109	122	158	158	159	197	197	199	204	204	211	166	166	222	147	147	172	108	108	132	180	180	208	144	144	165	209	203	244
Scotland	4,519	4,258	5,734	5,112	4,920	6,444	5,322	5,119	6,654	5,247	5,035	6,673	5,145	5,038	6,617	4,960	4,888	6,470	4,911	4,802	6,173	5,389	5,312	6,472	4,628	4,461	5,228	4,807	4,553	5,520

1. A restructuring of recording methodology and data management arrangements in Fife Constabulary from April 2011 resulted in an increase in the number of racist incidents.

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