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Austria
Austria regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Implemented in 2021, Austria's new hate crime recording system represents a good practice in the region. The Austrian Ministry of Interior is also a member of the civil society network "Hate Crime Kontern", which strengthens hate crime co-ordination and victim support, and co-operates directly with civil society organizations. Hate crime statistics collected by the Ministry are published online each year.
In January 2023, Austria implemented ODIHR's Diagnostic Workshop to Assess National Structures and Services for Hate Crime Victim Support.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 5,668 | 2,755 | 246 |
| 2022 | 5,865 | 3,035 | 272 |
| 2021 | 5,464 | 4,304 | 184 |
| 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 2018 Data
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Police-recorded hate crime is registered as "right-wing extremism". As such, police figures include the crime of incitement to hatred, which largely falls outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime. Prosecution and sentencing figures consist of incitement to hatred and "Neo-Nazi crimes".
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Austria has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-09 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-11 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-04 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-05 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-06 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-10 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-11 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Kantor Center
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-07 | Threats/Harassment | Dokustelle
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Threats/Harassment | Dokustelle
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | ZARA
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | Dokustelle
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Dokustelle
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-12 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2018-05 | Threats/Harassment | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Disability hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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Gender-based hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-01 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-05 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-07 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | ZARA
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| 2018-08 | Threats/Harassment | ZARA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Discrimination Office Styria
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Gender-based hate crime
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the ninth periodic report of Austria."