Hungary

Hungary regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. In 2012, the National Police Headquarters established a special hate crime network, which is responsible for supervising hate crime investigations. In the same year, a civil society working group against hate crimes (GYEM) was established with the aim of strengthening co-ordination with police and developing a list of bias indicators, which were adopted by the network and uploaded onto the police intranet. In 2018, the Ministry of Interior hosted a workshop on hate crime recording and data collection. The workshop was co-facilitated by ODIHR and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and resulted in a set of recommendations for relevant state authorities.  

Hate crime data collection in Hungary
Support for hate crime victims in Hungary
Hate crime capacity building in Hungary
Hungary's hate crime legislation
Download the 2016 hate crime report for Hungary

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 65 50 8,928
2022 58 58 8,980
2021 38 40 8,979
2020 100 12 Not available
2019 132 39 -
2018 194 52 -
2017 233 Not available Not available
2016 33 33 39
2015 Not available Not available Not available
2014 79 23 Not available
2013 43 30 14
2012 38 16 Not available
2011 37 28 Not available
2010 19 12 Not available
2009 15 18 Not available

About 2016 Data

    Comprehensive crime statistics were reported to ODIHR. The statistics, however, cannot distinguish hate crimes from other crimes that do not have an underlying bias motivation. The numbers presented refer to the crime of "violence against a member of the community." Disaggregation by bias motivation is not available.

Hate crime recorded by police

National developments

A list of bias indicators was created by the Hungarian authorities in co-operation civil society groups to help identify potential hate crimes. The list includes: the perception of the victim or witnesses; the perpetrators' remarks or gestures; perceived or actual group differences; the appearance and behaviour of the victim; previous and later actions of the perpetrator; the appearance of organized hate groups; location; date; the degree of violence; level of publicity; lack of other motivation.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Hungary have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-08 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-04 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-02 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-04 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-09 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-09 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-04 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-09 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2016-02 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-04 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-06 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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2016-03 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-04 Attacks against property
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2016-09 Violent attacks against people
Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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2016-12 Violent attacks against people
Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.