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 3. Racist incidents recorded, by location of incident, 2004-05 to 2010-11

Location 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-091 2009-102 2010-11
Dwelling house (including garden) 804 845 1,418 913 895 715 930
Street 1,396 1,763 1,818 1,626 1,652 1,240 1,623
Shop 1,101 1,145 823 1,121 718 677 834
Restaurant/Takeaway 388 449 353 389 369 317 389
Other Business 129 164 122 144 430 116 128
Public transport/bus stop 51 74 73 88 143 72 95
School/College 73 71 59 69 65 51 55
Sporting Venue 17 21 22 24 126 19 32
Pub/place of public entertainment 143 185 148 214 195 219 271
Place of Worship 12 28 19 31 13 11 15
Medical Establishment (e.g. hospital, health centre) 47 61 50 59 58 49 72
Other 358 305 417 566 468 331 463
Unknown 0 1 0 3 13 1,143 0
Total 4,519 5,112 5,322 5,247 5,145 4,960 4,907

1. Information for 2008-09 is not directly comparable with previous years due to changes in recording practices for Lothian & Borders police force. Please see note 4.3.
2. Information on location of incident was not available for 2009-10 for Lothian & Borders police force. Please see note 4.3.

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