Hate crimes trend

2nd November 2019 / NewsBits

In 2018/19, there were 103,379 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, an increase of 10 per cent compared with 2017/18 (94,121 offences)

This continues the upward trend in recent years with the number of hate crimes recorded by the police having more than doubled since 2012/13 (from 42,255 to 103,379 offences).
While increases in hate crime over the last five years have been mainly driven by improvements in crime recording by the police, there has been spikes in hate crime following certain events such as the EU Referendum and the terrorist attacks in 2017.
The majority of hate crimes were race hate crimes, accounting for around three-quarters of offences (76%; 78,991 offences).

Source: Home Office

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