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Number of people convicted of standalone hate crime offences under Racially aggravated harassment: FOI release
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In Scotland, the law currently recognises hate crimes as motivated by prejudice for statutory aggravations based on: Race: section 96 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Religion: section 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, Disability: section 1 of the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009, Sexual orientation and transgender identity: section 2 of the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act 2009. Currently, these standalone offences include: Racially aggravated harassment: section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995; Stirring up of racial hatred: sections 18 to 22 of the Public Order Act 1986; 2, 4. The number of people convicted of standalone hate crime offences under Racially aggravated harassment: section 50A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995¹ and Public Order Act 1986 s18-22¹ is provided in the table below. 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 CRIMINAL LAW (CONSOLIDATION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 SECTION 50A(1)(A)&(5) 21 20 13 17 29 14 20 23 24 26 CRIMINAL LAW (CONSOLIDATION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 SECTION 50A(1)(B)&(5) 873 922 831 839 900 919 847 819 727 600 PUBLIC ORDER ACT 1986 SECTION 18 - - - - - - - 2 - - PUBLIC ORDER ACT 1986 SECTION 19 - - - - 1 1 2 - - - All 894 942 844 856 930 934 869 844 751 626 1 – where main crime Source: Criminal Proceedings Database About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests.
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