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.

Hate crime data collection in Denmark
Support for hate crime victims in Denmark

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

The hate crimes presented below include incidents without charges and other investigative measures that had a bias motivation. It also includes 100 incidents of hate speech, which falls outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime but could not be disaggregated.

National developments

In October 2019, when Denmark released its hate crime data for 2018, the Danish National Police also launched an awareness-raising campaign called "Stop the Hate". The campaign consisted of informative postcards distributed to Denmark's 12 police districts and disseminated by police officers during police exhibitions. The postcards were also distributed free-of-charge in restaurants, cafes, theatres and cinemas across the country over a two-week period. The purpose of the postcards was to encourage hate crime victims to report the incidents to the police. A video was also developed as part of the campaign.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019 Violent attacks against people
SETA
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2019-04 Attacks against property
SETA
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Muslim hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published relevant recommendations in its "Conclusions on the Implementation of the Recommendations in Respect of Denmark."

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers published relevant recommendations in its "Resolution on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Denmark."

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that Denmark has not reported to ODIHR the number of prosecuted and sentenced hate crime cases.