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 2: Racist incidents recorded, by local authority area, 2004-05 to 2013-141,2

Number & Rate per 10,000 population

Local Authority

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Number

Rate per 10,000 population2

Aberdeen City

313

15.1

267

12.8

309

14.7

322

15.2

483

22.6

451

20.8

464

21.1

429

19.3

327

14.5

271

11.9

Aberdeenshire

86

3.7

75

3.2

88

3.6

31

1.3

107

4.3

90

3.6

90

3.6

96

3.8

80

3.1

59

2.3

Angus

46

4.2

66

5.9

55

4.9

50

4.4

65

5.7

45

3.9

49

4.2

55

4.7

32

2.8

45

3.9

Argyll & Bute

33

3.6

25

2.8

43

4.7

34

3.7

25

2.8

26

2.9

32

3.6

45

5.1

34

3.9

33

3.7

Clackmannanshire

50

10.3

49

10.0

58

11.7

58

11.5

53

10.4

41

8.0

35

6.8

68

13.2

52

10.1

41

8.0

Dumfries & Galloway

78

5.2

89

5.9

102

6.8

64

4.3

98

6.5

78

5.2

66

4.4

68

4.5

68

4.5

85

5.7

Dundee City

217

15.2

246

17.1

242

16.9

244

17.0

215

14.9

160

11.0

157

10.7

154

10.5

141

9.5

133

9.0

East Ayrshire

75

6.2

67

5.6

78

6.5

69

5.7

71

5.8

81

6.6

74

6.0

70

5.7

53

4.3

72

5.9

East Dunbartonshire

41

3.8

33

3.1

33

3.1

42

4.0

38

3.6

41

3.9

40

3.8

31

3.0

30

2.8

23

2.2

East Lothian

28

3.0

38

4.1

64

6.8

54

5.7

35

3.6

35

3.6

47

4.7

53

5.3

56

5.6

90

8.9

East Renfrewshire

48

5.3

55

6.1

40

4.5

33

3.7

36

4.0

40

4.4

43

4.8

48

5.3

21

2.3

26

2.8

Edinburgh, City of

599

13.4

972

21.6

1,179

26.1

1,021

22.4

822

17.9

898

19.4

844

18.0

1,017

21.3

916

19.0

934

19.2

Eilean Siar

18

6.8

12

4.5

8

3.0

10

3.7

11

4.0

6

2.2

3

1.1

-

-

2

0.7

2

0.7

Falkirk

160

10.8

182

12.1

167

11.1

171

11.2

215

14.0

124

8.0

152

9.8

151

9.7

160

10.2

138

8.8

Fife 1

302

8.6

241

6.8

193

5.4

149

4.2

138

3.8

139

3.8

209

5.8

220

6.0

180

4.9

246

6.7

Glasgow City

1,226

21.5

1,277

22.4

1,209

21.3

1,301

22.8

1,256

21.8

1,318

22.7

1,328

22.6

1,499

25.3

1,220

20.5

1,232

20.7

Highland

97

4.5

107

4.9

107

4.8

122

5.4

123

5.4

81

3.5

68

2.9

94

4.0

100

4.3

80

3.4

Inverclyde

32

3.9

36

4.4

31

3.8

52

6.3

38

4.6

20

2.4

27

3.3

40

4.9

25

3.1

22

2.7

Midlothian

52

6.5

81

10.1

40

5.0

65

8.1

43

5.3

35

4.3

46

5.6

60

7.2

57

6.8

103

12.2

Moray

38

4.3

44

4.9

42

4.6

38

4.2

31

3.3

83

8.9

75

8.0

52

5.6

39

4.2

41

4.3

North Ayrshire

91

6.7

103

7.5

102

7.5

99

7.2

100

7.3

92

6.7

88

6.4

113

8.2

91

6.6

84

6.1

North Lanarkshire

181

5.6

207

6.3

234

7.1

282

8.5

249

7.5

252

7.5

220

6.5

205

6.1

188

5.6

202

6.0

Orkney Islands

4

2.0

4

2.0

3

1.5

5

2.4

2

1.0

2

1.0

4

1.9

8

3.7

8

3.7

3

1.4

Perth & Kinross

70

5.1

93

6.7

77

5.5

86

6.1

88

6.1

79

5.5

78

5.4

61

4.2

81

5.5

89

6.0

Renfrewshire

131

7.6

86

5.0

130

7.6

123

7.2

118

6.8

122

7.1

145

8.3

136

7.8

150

8.6

144

8.3

Scottish Borders

26

2.4

43

3.9

41

3.7

47

4.2

46

4.1

43

3.8

38

3.3

27

2.4

37

3.3

82

7.2

Shetland Islands

4

1.8

5

2.2

5

2.3

3

1.3

2

0.9

-

-

3

1.3

5

2.2

9

3.9

9

3.9

South Ayrshire

42

3.8

64

5.7

45

4.0

63

5.6

53

4.7

77

6.8

50

4.4

62

5.5

47

4.2

55

4.9

South Lanarkshire

162

5.3

181

5.9

199

6.5

212

6.8

210

6.7

179

5.7

168

5.4

139

4.4

127

4.0

111

3.5

Stirling

70

8.1

124

14.2

132

15.0

107

12.1

113

12.8

102

11.5

91

10.2

113

12.5

101

11.1

86

9.4

West Dunbartonshire

90

9.8

82

9.0

69

7.5

86

9.4

95

10.4

73

8.0

69

7.6

90

9.9

52

5.8

57

6.3

West Lothian

109

6.7

158

9.6

197

11.8

204

12.0

166

9.7

147

8.5

108

6.2

180

10.3

144

8.2

209

11.9

Scotland

4,519

8.9

5,112

10.0

5,322

10.4

5,247

10.1

5,145

9.9

4,960

9.5

4,911

9.3

5,389

10.2

4,628

8.7

4,807

9.0

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.

2. 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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