Written Question · S6W-07835 · Session 6
How many cases of so-called Anglophobia have been recorded by Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of so-called Anglophobia have been recorded by Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
The answer
Information on cases of Anglophobia is not held centrally. Data is published on the number of police recorded hate crimes that include an aggravation for race. The characteristic of race in the hate crime legislative framework includes race, colour, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origins. If an offence was motivated by prejudice based on Anglophobia (i.e. anti-English prejudice) it would therefore be recorded by the police as an offence aggravated by race.
The Scottish Government published a study on the characteristics of police recorded Hate Crime in February 2021. This included: (i) information on the number of racially aggravated hate crimes recorded by Police Scotland from 2014-15 to 2019-20 (shown in the following table), and (ii) a more detailed study of the characteristics of these cases in 2018-19 (based on a large scale review of crime records). Based on the findings of that more detailed study, Table 17 of the publication provides a breakdown of what prejudices were shown by the perpetrators. This suggested that 6% of racially aggravated hate crimes in 2018-19 included an anti-English prejudice. This would equate to an estimated 210 crimes. Please note, some of these crimes may include multiple racial (or other aggravation) prejudices.
A second study into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime is due to be published later this year. This will provide the same type of detailed disaggregated data and information on police recorded hate crimes for the year 2020-21.
Table: The number 1 of racially aggravated hate crimes recorded by police in Scotland, 2014-15 to 2019-20
Year
Number
2014-15
5,195
2015-16
4,927
2016-17
4,687
2017-18
4,765
2018-19
4,270
2019-20
4,172
1. The number of hate crimes with a race aggravation is slightly higher than the figures provided in the aforementioned study. This is because the table also includes hate crimes that have multiple aggravations (one of which is race).
Source: Scottish Government, characteristics of police recorded Hate Crime
The Scottish Government published a study on the characteristics of police recorded Hate Crime in February 2021. This included: (i) information on the number of racially aggravated hate crimes recorded by Police Scotland from 2014-15 to 2019-20 (shown in the following table), and (ii) a more detailed study of the characteristics of these cases in 2018-19 (based on a large scale review of crime records). Based on the findings of that more detailed study, Table 17 of the publication provides a breakdown of what prejudices were shown by the perpetrators. This suggested that 6% of racially aggravated hate crimes in 2018-19 included an anti-English prejudice. This would equate to an estimated 210 crimes. Please note, some of these crimes may include multiple racial (or other aggravation) prejudices.
A second study into the characteristics of police recorded hate crime is due to be published later this year. This will provide the same type of detailed disaggregated data and information on police recorded hate crimes for the year 2020-21.
Table: The number 1 of racially aggravated hate crimes recorded by police in Scotland, 2014-15 to 2019-20
Year
Number
2014-15
5,195
2015-16
4,927
2016-17
4,687
2017-18
4,765
2018-19
4,270
2019-20
4,172
1. The number of hate crimes with a race aggravation is slightly higher than the figures provided in the aforementioned study. This is because the table also includes hate crimes that have multiple aggravations (one of which is race).
Source: Scottish Government, characteristics of police recorded Hate Crime
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-07835 by reference.