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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 14: Age and gender of perpetrators of racist incidents, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1
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| Number & Rate per 10,000 population | |||||||||||
| Gender | Age | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | Rate per 10,000 population1 (2013-14) |
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| Male | Under 16 | 591 | 694 | 934 | 791 | 864 | 913 | 900 | 762 | 681 | 439 | 9.4 |
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| 16 to 20 | 643 | 939 | 911 | 841 | 939 | 1,016 | 970 | 765 | 567 | 583 | 35.2 |
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| 21 to 25 | 341 | 401 | 465 | 501 | 561 | 580 | 586 | 585 | 469 | 456 | 24.6 |
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| 26 to 35 | 435 | 489 | 612 | 564 | 666 | 659 | 679 | 735 | 661 | 732 | 21.9 |
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| 36 to 50 | 384 | 464 | 592 | 619 | 626 | 704 | 682 | 708 | 618 | 790 | 14.5 |
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| Over 50 | 121 | 121 | 202 | 223 | 222 | 203 | 238 | 278 | 283 | 358 | 4.0 |
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| Total Male | 2,515 | 3,108 | 3,716 | 3,539 | 3,878 | 4,075 | 4,055 | 3,833 | 3,279 | 3,358 | 13.0 |
| Female | Under 16 | 162 | 286 | 303 | 228 | 263 | 254 | 288 | 258 | 206 | 135 | 3.0 |
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| 16 to 20 | 112 | 174 | 223 | 186 | 206 | 209 | 177 | 161 | 137 | 160 | 10.0 |
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| 21 to 25 | 67 | 78 | 83 | 100 | 112 | 115 | 130 | 143 | 139 | 100 | 5.4 |
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| 26 to 35 | 158 | 130 | 145 | 174 | 162 | 179 | 192 | 206 | 202 | 238 | 6.9 |
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| 36 to 50 | 132 | 158 | 189 | 191 | 205 | 214 | 213 | 229 | 225 | 249 | 4.3 |
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| Over 50 | 31 | 42 | 50 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 57 | 78 | 81 | 102 | 1.0 |
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| Total Female | 662 | 868 | 993 | 934 | 1,018 | 1,044 | 1,057 | 1,075 | 990 | 984 | 3.6 |
| Unknown gender/age | 144 | 124 | 373 | 540 | 551 | 385 | 450 | 373 | 272 | 267 |
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| Total | 3,321 | 4,100 | 5,082 | 5,013 | 5,447 | 5,504 | 5,562 | 5,281 | 4,541 | 4,609 | 8.7 | |
1. 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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