Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland, 2003/04 to 2005/06

Table 2 Racist incidents recorded by local authority area, 2003/04 to 2005/06

Local Authority	Number	Rate per 10,000 Population	Number	Rate per 10,000 Population	Number	Rate per 10,000 Population
	2003/04 ¹		2004/05		2005/06
Aberdeen City	231	11.2	314	15.4	267	13.2
Aberdeenshire	51	2.2	86	3.7	75	3.2
Angus	38	3.5	46	4.2	66	6.0
Argyll & Bute	25	2.7	33	3.6	25	2.8
Clackmannanshire			51	10.6	51	10.5
Dumfries & Galloway	53	3.6	78	5.3	89	6.0
Dundee City	192	13.4	217	15.3	246	17.3
East Ayrshire	65	5.4	75	6.3	67	5.6
East Dunbartonshire	41	3.8	41	3.8	33	3.1
East Lothian	29	3.2	28	3.1	38	4.1
East Renfrewshire	43	4.8	48	5.4	55	6.1
Edinburgh, City of	519	11.6	607	13.4	976	21.3
Eilean Siar	7	2.7	18	6.9	12	4.6
Falkirk			162	11.0	182	12.2
Fife	343	9.7	302	8.5	241	6.8
Glasgow City	1,066	18.5	1,226	21.2	1,277	22.1
Highland	100	4.8	97	4.6	107	5.0
Inverclyde	48	5.8	32	3.9	36	4.4
Midlothian	31	3.9	52	6.5	82	10.4
Moray	30	3.4	38	4.3	44	5.0
North Ayrshire	67	4.9	91	6.7	103	7.6
North Lanarkshire	180	5.6	181	5.6	207	6.4
Orkney Islands	0	0.0	4	2.1	4	2.0
Perth & Kinross	60	4.4	70	5.1	93	6.7
Renfrewshire	101	5.9	131	7.7	86	5.1
Scottish Borders	33	3.0	26	2.4	43	3.9
Shetland Islands	9	4.1	4	1.8	5	2.3
South Ayrshire	40	3.6	42	3.8	64	5.7
South Lanarkshire	98	3.2	162	5.3	181	5.9
Stirling			73	8.5	129	14.8
West Dunbartonshire	62	6.7	90	9.8	82	9.0
West Lothian	81	5.0	111	6.8	158	9.6
Scotland	3,643	7.2	4,536	8.9	5,124	10.1

1. Central Scotland police force were unable to supply data for 2003/04.

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