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Austria
Austria regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Austria's hate crime laws are a combination of a general penalty-enhancement provision and a substantive offence. The data reported to ODIHR do not present cases of hate crime and hate speech separately. Hate crime data are collected by the Provincial Agencies for State Protection and Counter Terrorism and the Federal Agency for State Protection and Counter Terrorism (BVT) of the Interior Ministry, as well as by the Ministry of Justice. Hate crime data are regularly published.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2020 | 156 | 436 | 169 |
| 2019 | 125 | 421 | 191 |
| 2018 | 307 | 407 | 208 |
| 2017 | 302 | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | 425 | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 395 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 186 | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| 2012 | 91 | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 59 | 38 | 1 |
| 2010 | 101 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 62 | Not available | Not available |
About 2016 Data
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Figures include the crime of incitement to hatred, which falls largely outside the OSCE's definition of hate crime.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
ZARA and the Forum Against Anti-Semitism reported descriptions of 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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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Austria
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-02 | Threats | ZARA
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-06 | Threats | ZARA
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-08 | Threats | ZARA
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016 | Threats | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Forum Against anti-Semitism
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
ZARA
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
SETA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
SETA
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-10 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-12 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-05 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2016-12 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its "Resolution on the implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities", the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers recommended that Austria combat hate crime more effectively through investigation and prosecution.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Austria has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.