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The Netherlands have regularly reported hate crime data to ODIHR. The Netherlands' Criminal Code contains no hate crime provision. The framework for hate crime investigation and prosecution is set based on guidance from the Office of the Public Prosecutor. The National Police and the National Expertise Centre on Discrimination of the Office of the Public Prosecutor are primarily responsible for hate crime data collection. Police statistics are published annually. The Central Bureau of Statistics conducts annual crime victimization surveys.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2020 | 2133 | 409 | Not available |
| 2019 | 2016 | 343 | Not available |
| 2018 | 3299 | 312 | 91 |
| 2017 | 3499 | 331 | 79 |
| 2016 | 4376 | - | - |
| 2015 | 5288 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 5721 | 133 | 87 |
| 2013 | 3614 | 83 | 89 |
| 2012 | 3292 | 114 | Not available |
| 2011 | 2802 | 169 | Not available |
| 2010 | 3538 | 170 | 90 |
| 2009 | 2212 | 160 | 135 |
About 2016 Data
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Figures reported to ODIHR and presented here include hate speech and discrimination offences (or "basic forms of discrimination") as well as hate crimes ("common offences with a discriminatory motive"). Where multiple biases are registered in an offence, each of them is reported individually in the breakdown below.
Hate crime recorded by police
The police figures include hate speech incidents, data reported by local anti-discrimination services, and online hate speech incidents, which could not be separated.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Turkish Forum Netherlands and SETA 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
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-01 | Threats | SETA
UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | SETA
Turkish Forum Netherlands
UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | SETA
Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016 | Threats | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-08 | Threats | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-12 | Threats | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Israel Information and Documentation Centre (CIDI)
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-02 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016 | Threats | SETA
Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-01 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-01 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-08 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-09 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2016-04 | Threats | SPIOR
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
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| 2016 | Threats | COC Netherlands
UNHCR in Western Europe
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| 2016 | Threats | COC Netherlands
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
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| 2016 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
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| 2016-02 | Threats | COC Netherlands
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime
In its report, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for the Netherlands, recommended that the criminal code be amended to include an aggravating circumstance provision specifically addressing hate crimes; and strengthen the prosecution of hate crimes motivated by bias against LGBT people.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the Netherlands have not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.