Hungary
Hungary regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Hungary's criminal code contains several substantive offences. The Ministry of Interior, the Prosecutor's Office and the Criminal Police Department of the National Police Headquarters collect data on hate crime as part of general crime statistics.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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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 2019 Data
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The reported statistics were disaggregated by type of crime only. A breakdown by bias motivation is not available.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Action and Protection Foundation (TEV) reported only statistical data. Kantor Center reported descriptive incidents as well as statistical data. This explains the discrepancy between the graphic above and the incidents included below.
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-12 | Threats | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-07 | Threats | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-09 | Violent attacks against people | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019 | Threats | Hungarian Islam Advocacy Association
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2019-03 | Violent attacks against people | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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Anti-Roma hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-03 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-03 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-05 | Threats | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-06 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-09 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-09 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-10 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-12 | Threats | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019 | Threats | Hungarian Islam Advocacy Association
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Anti-Christian hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-07 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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Gender-based hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-10 | Violent attacks against people | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-06 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-03 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-06 | Threats | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-02 | Violent attacks against people | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-07 | Threats | Hungarian Helsinki Committee
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2019-06 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Violent attacks against people | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-08 | Violent attacks against people | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-03 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-09 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-09 | Attacks against property | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-07 | Attacks against property | European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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2019-06 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019 | Threats | Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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2019-10 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
Working Group Against Hate Crimes
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Hungary's law enforcement agencies have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.