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