How many attempted prosecutions of alleged hate crime in the last three years have resulted in (a) a conviction and (b) an aquittal, broken…

All figures provided are based on data extracted from the The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) case management system on 6 May 2016, which was the basis of the 2016 report on hate crime in Scotland.
The following tables contain information in respect of the number of charges reported to the Procurator Fiscal for hate crime offences between April 2013 and March 2016. In addition, the tables provide a breakdown of how these offences were dealt with by the Procurator Fiscal.
Line three provide the number of cases that are still ongoing so it is not yet known whether they will lead to a conviction or an acquittal.
Some statutory charges may also include hate crime aggravations, which will be included in their respective aggravation category. For example a race charge might also have an aggravation for disability. The disability aggravation will be included in the total number for that category and the race charge will be included in the total number for race charges.
Action taken
re Charge
Outcome
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Grand Total
1. Court
1. Conviction
1876
1670
1159
4705

2. No Conviction
701
554
318
1573

3. Ongoing
115
376
1466
1957

4. No Further
Court Action
288
229
110
612
1. Court Total

2980
2829
3052
8861
Table 1. Conviction and acquittal information for charges containing at least one aggravation by prejudice
Action taken
re Charge
Outcome
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Grand Total
1. Court
1. Conviction
1371
1163
671
3205

2. No Conviction
534
365
156
1055

3. Ongoing
65
199
852
1116

4. No Further
Court Action
189
159
58
405
1. Court Total

2159
1886
1737
5782
Table 2. Conviction and acquittal information for statutory Racial charges under Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 Section 50, Public Order Act 1986 Sections 18, 19 and 23and Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act 2012, sections one and six.