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 12. Ethnic origin of perpetrators of racist incidents, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Ethnic Group 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
White British 3,060 3,743 4,320 4,281 4,161 4,219 4,181
White Irish 16 32 32 58 43 36 71
Other White1,2 19 20 101 61 104 125 660
Mixed 42 14 13 16 24 20 17
Asian3 73 106 132 100 117 99 99
Black4 25 27 69 48 38 46 64
Other 11 22 11 14 26 23 30
Unknown 75 136 404 435 934 936 436
Total 3,321 4,100 5,082 5,013 5,447 5,504 5,558

1. Following a transition to the 21 group ethnic classification codes, Central Scotland and Lothian & Borders have each had a larger number of perpetrators classing themselves as 'White European', who would therefore be classified as 'Other White'.
2. Includes Gypsy/Traveller, Polish White and Other White.
3. Includes Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Other Asian.
4. Includes Black African, Black Caribbean and Other Black.

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