Publication - Statistics

Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2010-11

Published: 12 June 2012
ISBN: 9781780458632

This bulletin presents statistics on racist incidents recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2010-11.

Table 15. Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Action taken	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
Referral to procurator fiscal or SCRA	2,512	3,181	3,353	3,446	3,652	2,477	2,697
Police warning	141	62	123	82	101	44	91
Referred to other agency for action	74	92	2	9	5	8	13
Other action	370	509	553	716	922	787	508
No further action	138	141	854	731	721	141	358
Unknown¹	86	115	197	29	46	2,047	1,891
Total	3,321	4,100	5,082	5,013	5,447	5,504	5,558

1. Lothian & Borders police force was unable to provide data on police action taken for 2009-10 and 2010-11, and have therefore been included as 'unknown'.

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Table 15. Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, 2004-05 to 2010-11

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