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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.
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Table 13: Main language of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1
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| Number | |||||||||
| Language | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 3,175 | 3,988 | 4,651 | 4,607 | 3,463 | 3,154 | 3,372 | 3,516 | 3,045 | 3,821 |
| Other | 56 | 20 | 38 | 56 | 45 | 31 | 46 | 45 | 40 | 47 |
| Unknown1 | 90 | 92 | 393 | 350 | 1,939 | 2,319 | 2,144 | 1,720 | 1,456 | 741 |
| Total | 3,321 | 4,100 | 5,082 | 5,013 | 5,447 | 5,504 | 5,562 | 5,281 | 4,541 | 4,609 |
1. The number of unknowns was higher from 2008-09 onwards. Care should be taken when comparing across years.
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