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IC 5 also refers to East Asians, who are often considered distinct from Southeast Asians.


* [=IC1=]- White European
* [=IC2=]- Dark European (Mediterranean / Hispanic)
* [=IC3=]- Afro-Caribbean
* [=IC4=]- Asian (South Asian)
* [=IC5=]- Southeast Asian
* [=IC6=]- Arab/North African
* [=IC7=] or 0- Unknown (sometimes snarkily referred to as 'Tantastic', for those who've over done the orange fake tan)

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* [=IC1=]- [=IC1=] – White European
* [=IC2=]- [=IC2=] – Dark European (Mediterranean / Hispanic)
* [=IC3=]- [=IC3=] – Afro-Caribbean
* [=IC4=]- [=IC4=] – Asian (South Asian)
* [=IC5=]- Southeast [=IC5=] – East/Southeast Asian
* [=IC6=]- [=IC6=] – Arab/North African
* [=IC7=] or 0- 0 – Unknown (sometimes snarkily referred to as 'Tantastic', for those who've over done the orange fake tan)
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This is the term currently in use; many people of Southeast Asian descent consider "Oriental" offensive.


* [=IC5=]- Oriental (East Asian)

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* [=IC5=]- Oriental (East Asian)Southeast Asian
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* [=IC7=] or 0- Unknown

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* [=IC7=] or 0- UnknownUnknown (sometimes snarkily referred to as 'Tantastic', for those who've over done the orange fake tan)
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Used in many a PoliceProcedural, especially ''TheBill''.

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Used in many a PoliceProcedural, especially ''TheBill''.
''Series/TheBill''.

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Although it's not used universally.

Or at all (officially). They were really only ever used by the Met, and a national system was brought in in 2000. Use persists due to copying the Met/TV/Both.

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Although it's not used universally.

Or at all (officially). They
universally; the London Metropolitan Police came up with the idea and were the only ones to really only ever used by the Met, and make official use of it until a national system was brought in in 2000. Use persists due to copying Appearances in fiction outside of the Met/TV/Both.
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Or at all (officially). They were really only ever used by the Met, and a national system was brought in in 2000. Use persists due to copying the Met/TV/Both.
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''We're looking for an [=IC1=] female...''

IC (Identity Codes) Numbers are codes used by the British police to describe a person's apparent ethnicity.

The codes are:
* [=IC1=]- White European
* [=IC2=]- Dark European (Mediterranean / Hispanic)
* [=IC3=]- Afro-Caribbean
* [=IC4=]- Asian (South Asian)
* [=IC5=]- Oriental (East Asian)
* [=IC6=]- Arab/North African
* [=IC7=] or 0- Unknown

Used in many a PoliceProcedural, especially ''TheBill''.

Although it's not used universally.

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