This is the first recorded annual fall since the Home Office began collecting comparable data in the year ending March 2013.
Please note that the statistics referred to here were published prior to the start of the war in Gaza and the recent surge in far right activity.
The overwhelming majority of hate crimes are race hate crimes. Race hate crimes account for almost three quarters of all offences reported. More than 100,000 race hate crimes were reported accounting for 70% of all hate crime.
Reported homophobic hate crimes reached 24,102 in 2022/23, reported disability hate crimes reached 13,777 and transgender hate crimes increased by 11%, to 4,732 offences
Transgender identity hate crimes rose by 11% (from 4,262 to 4,732) over the same period, the highest number since the time series began in the year ending March 2012. Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.
The number of hate crimes recorded by the police has more than tripled since the year ending March 2013, from 41,294 offences to 145,214 offences recorded in the latest year.
More than 1 in 10 hate crimes involve more than one ‘motivating factor’ (for example race and disability or sexual orientation). The two most common factors in the majority of these offences were race and religious belief. Almost half of all religious hate crimes were targeted against Muslim people. The second most commonly targeted group were Jewish people, who were targeted in 19% of religious hate crimes.
At a time when some seek to divide working people Usdaw’s messages are simple – Together we are stronger and we have more common than that which divides us.
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