Denmark
Denmark regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Denmark's hate crime laws are comprised of a general penalty-enhancement provision. Reported data include discrimination and hate speech offences, although these can be partially disaggregated. Hate crime data are collected by the Danish National Police and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Hate crime statistics are regularly published.
OFFICIAL DATA
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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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 |
About 2015 Data
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Official figure includes six cases of hate speech.
Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its "Concluding observations on the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic reports of Denmark", the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) recommended that a national action plan on racism be developed, with a particular focus on combating hate crimes.