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Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11
This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2010-11.
Table 11. Number of previous incidents1 reported to police by victim, 2004-05 to 2010-11
| Number of incidents | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None - first report | 3,670 | 4,427 | 4,107 | 4,101 | 4,079 | 3,928 | 3,970 |
| 1 | 447 | 509 | 529 | 495 | 544 | 542 | 517 |
| 2 | 217 | 241 | 247 | 253 | 240 | 253 | 218 |
| 3 | 121 | 132 | 131 | 145 | 152 | 151 | 134 |
| 4 | 73 | 96 | 74 | 91 | 97 | 79 | 77 |
| 5 | 52 | 61 | 49 | 67 | 69 | 75 | 53 |
| 6 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 37 |
| 7 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 20 | 27 | 41 | 37 |
| 8 | 25 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 37 |
| 9 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 |
| 10 or more | 110 | 105 | 150 | 137 | 172 | 124 | 126 |
| Unknown2 | 245 | 127 | 535 | 409 | 530 | 487 | 674 |
| Total | 5,059 | 5,820 | 5,963 | 5,790 | 5,995 | 5,783 | 5,902 |
1. Previous incidents occurring within the previous two years.
2. Central Scotland police force was unable to provide information for 2010-11 on the number of previous incidents reported by the victim, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.
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