How many alleged offences aggravated by religious prejudice were committed in each sheriffdom or local authority area in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2…

The number of offences aggravatedby religious prejudice is not separately identifiable in the recorded crime statisticscollected centrally.
The Crown Office and ProcuratorFiscal Service’s case management database contains information about charges reportedto procurators fiscal where the charge involved a religious aggravation. The followingtables provide a breakdown of such charges by sheriff court jurisdiction. As indicatedin table 4, some of these cases have not yet reached a conclusion.
Table 1: Number of Charges Receivedby Procurators Fiscal where the Charge included a Religious Aggravation
Sheriff Court Area
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| Total

Aberdeen
| 5
| 3
| 1
| 9

Airdrie
| 40
| 55
| 32
| 127

Alloa
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 7

Arbroath
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3

Ayr
| 4
| 5
| 10
| 19

Banff
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1

Campbeltown
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 11

Cupar
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3

Dumbarton
| 1
| 3
| 9
| 13

Dumfries
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 4

Dundee
| 22
| 3
| 7
|