Denmark

Denmark regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Hate crime statistics are regularly published.

All police recruits receiving hate crime training as part of their mandatory police training at the Police Academy. The training involves the Danish Prosecution Service and civil society organizations, namely ActionAid Denmark, the Muslim Council, the Jewish community in Denmark, and LGBT+ Denmark. An agreement was concluded between the Danish police and the Prosecution Service on initiatives to improve the response towards hate crime victims, including by training police and prosecutors on hate crimes.

The Ministry of Justice conducts an annual victimization surveys to measure unreported hate crimes. The Danish National Police has regular dialogue regarding hate crimes with a number of significant community stakeholders.

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OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2021	Not available	14	33
2020	635	Not available	Not available
2019	469	-	-
2018	449	-	-
2017	446	Not available	Not available
2016	274	Not available	Not available
2015	198	Not available	Not available
2014	Not available	Not available	Not available
2013	110	Not available	Not available
2012	320	0	0
2011	384	0	0
2010	334	0	0
2009	306	5	1

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

In 1 May 2021, Section 81, paragraph 6 of the Danish Criminal Code (on the aggravating circumstances to be considered when determining a penalty for a crime) was amended to include disability as a protected characteristic. The same provision was later amended to also include gender identity, characteristics of gender, and gender expression as a protected characteristic, and to allow for the provision's application in situations with mixed motives, such as where the bias motive correlates with other motives.

A new multi-year financial agreement for 2021 to 2023 was concluded between the Danish Police and the Prosecution Service. The agreement contained initiatives to improve the response towards hate crime victims, including by training police and prosecutors on hate crimes.

In June 2021, the Director of Public Prosecutions hosted a conference in which prosecutors discussed hate crimes with relevant stakeholders with the aim of better understanding the perspective of hate crime victims.

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Anti-Christian hate crime

Date	Type of incident	Source	Description
2021-05	Threats	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info
2021-10	Attacks against property	Jehovah's Witnesses	Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Muslim hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "ECRI report on Denmark (sixth monitoring cycle)".