Netherlands
The Netherlands regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Police and prosecution statistics are published annually. A victimization survey is conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics every two years and the results are published here.
The Netherlands' Criminal Code contains no hate crime provisions, and hate crimes are addressed as "criminal offences with a discriminatory aspect". The Public Prosecution Service provides guidance on investigating and prosecuting such offences (Aanwijzing Discriminatie), including on prioritising discrimination offences.
In October 2021, the Netherlands appointed a National Coordinator against Discrimination and Racism to ensure a comprehensive approach to countering discrimination and hate crime, including with the involvement of civil society.
In May 2022, a new State Commission against Discrimination and Racism (State Commission) was tasked with conducting research into discrimination and racism, including hate crimes.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 3,301 | 97 | Not available |
| 2022 | 2,476 | 81 | Not available |
| 2021 | 2,417 | 485 | Not available |
| 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 2017 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. Data from the prosecutors and courts refer to '"discriminatory facts'" found in incidents, rather than numbers of incidents. The numbers of hate crimes recorded by prosecutors can be broken down by both bias motivation and type of crime. This detailed information was reported to ODIHR but is not presented here.
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. Hate crimes recorded by the police can only be disaggregated by either bias motive or type of crime (both breakdowns were reported to ODIHR) but not simultaneously by both. The disaggregation below disaggregation shows the total numbers for each bias motivation.
The following types of hate crime were registered by the police: 603 physical assaults; 422 incidents of damage to property; 212 incidents of vandalism; 472 cases of threats and/or threatening behaviour; 2,100 incidents of insult; 48 cases of spitting; 48 cases of bullying; 57 incidents of refusal of service and 123 other crimes.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the Netherlands have not reported on cases of hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech and/or discrimination.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-03 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-01 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-02 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-02 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-02 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-03 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-05 | Threats | SPIOR
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| 2017-12 | Threats | SPIOR
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| 2017-10 | Threats | SPIOR
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| 2017-03 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-04 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-07 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-07 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-08 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2017-06 | Threats | SETA
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2017-12 | Attacks against property | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-01 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-08 | Threats | SPIOR
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| 2017-02 | Threats | Turkish Forum Netherlands
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| 2017-10 | Threats | SPIOR
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-11 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-05 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2017-04 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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| 2017-06 | Violent attacks against people | COC Netherlands
ILGA-Europe
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