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.


Table 15: Police action taken with regard to perpetrator, Scotland, 2004-05 to 2013-14 1,2

Number

Action taken

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Referral to Procurator Fiscal or SCRA

2,512

3,181

3,353

3,446

3,652

2,477

2,699

2,846

2,570

3,653

Police warning

141

62

123

82

101

44

91

52

64

37

Referred to other agency for action

74

92

2

9

5

8

13

49

14

146

Other action

370

509

553

716

922

787

509

479

337

340

No further action

138

141

854

731

721

141

359

358

258

318

Unknown1

86

115

197

29

46

2,047

1,891

1,497

1,298

115

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

2. Due to the delay in collecting the data for 2013-14 (see section 2.6), care is urged when comparing across years.

Contact

Email: Alan Sloan

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