Paris attacks: Islamophobic hate crimes rise in UK following terror attacks

Police Scotland say the number of religiously motivated hate attacks - both online and offline - has increased since the bombings and shootings in the French capital

Survivors at the Bataclan theatre on Friday night. Ill feeling towards Muslims and refugees has spiked in the past week (Getty Images)

There has been a spike in religiously motivated hate crime since the terror attacks on Paris, police in Scotland have warned.

Deputy Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Iain Livingstone, issued a statement today warning that such attacks would not be tolerated.

He said: "Police Scotland have investigated instances of crime since the events in Paris on Friday that have been motivated by religious hatred.

"These crimes have been both online and in public. Arrests have been made.

"Police Scotland will not tolerate any form of hate crime and I urge everyone across the country to continue working together to ensure that no one feels threatened or marginalised.

129 people were killed in a series of co-ordinated attacks across Paris by Islamist terrorists.

It comes as a YouGov poll for The Times found that public support for for allowing refugees to settle in Britain has slumped.

As the first refugees arrive in Scotland on Tuesday, the poll found 49 per cent of those surveyed believed Britain should be accepting fewer or no refugees.

This is up 22 per cent since September.