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 3: Racist incidents recorded, by location of incident, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1
| Number & Percentage |
|||||||||||
| Location |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-093 |
2009-103 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
% breakdown 2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwelling house (including garden) |
804 |
845 |
1,418 |
913 |
895 |
715 |
933 |
997 |
993 |
975 |
20.5 |
| Street |
1,396 |
1,763 |
1,818 |
1,626 |
1,652 |
1,240 |
1,623 |
1,801 |
1,469 |
1,707 |
36.0 |
| Shop |
1,101 |
1,145 |
823 |
1,121 |
718 |
677 |
834 |
919 |
779 |
641 |
13.5 |
| Restaurant/Takeaway |
388 |
449 |
353 |
389 |
369 |
317 |
390 |
331 |
265 |
242 |
5.1 |
| Other Business |
129 |
164 |
122 |
144 |
430 |
116 |
128 |
189 |
136 |
165 |
3.5 |
| Public transport/bus stop |
51 |
74 |
73 |
88 |
143 |
72 |
95 |
97 |
103 |
72 |
1.5 |
| School/College |
73 |
71 |
59 |
69 |
65 |
51 |
55 |
77 |
74 |
78 |
1.6 |
| Sporting Venue |
17 |
21 |
22 |
24 |
126 |
19 |
32 |
41 |
27 |
23 |
0.5 |
| Pub/place of public entertainment |
143 |
185 |
148 |
214 |
195 |
219 |
271 |
359 |
265 |
220 |
4.6 |
| Place of Worship |
12 |
28 |
19 |
31 |
13 |
11 |
15 |
21 |
11 |
13 |
0.3 |
| Medical Establishment (e.g. hospital, health centre) |
47 |
61 |
50 |
59 |
58 |
49 |
72 |
90 |
81 |
114 |
2.4 |
| Other |
358 |
305 |
417 |
566 |
468 |
331 |
463 |
389 |
378 |
496 |
10.5 |
| Unknown |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
13 |
1,143 |
- |
78 |
47 |
61 |
|
| Total |
4,519 |
5,112 |
5,322 |
5,247 |
5,145 |
4,960 |
4,911 |
5,389 |
4,628 |
4,807 |
100.0% |
1. Due to a change in recording practice, the data for 2008-09 and 2009-10, contains abnormal data for several categories. Care should be taken when looking at the change from year to year.
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