Member for

12 years 5 months
Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
62
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Figures represent the total number of offences with xenophobic/racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim motives. Austria provides hate crime data disaggregated by bias motivation, and separately, by crime type. Data broken down by bias motivation only is presented here. Data includes crimes of incitement to hatred.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The NPC reported one case of racist graffiti.
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
49
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Cases Recorded by Police
12
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Cases Recorded by Police
0
NPC
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 49 racist or xenophobic hate crime cases in 2009, including one case of racist graffiti.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 12 anti-Semitic crimes.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Austria reported that there were no hate crimes against Muslims.

Organization Report

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NGO
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Centre for Work against Ethnic Discrimination (ZARA), which provides legal aid to victims of racism and discrimination, reported 798 racist incidents, including 56 cases of racist violence and 209 cases of racist graffiti.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Forum Against Antisemitism reported 200 incidents, of which seven were violent attacks against persons, 35 were threats and assaults and 57 were cases of vandalism. The Centre for Work against Ethnic Discrimination (ZARA) reported 100 cases of anti-Semitic graffiti. The Stephen Roth Institute reported 22 violent incidents.

Bias Motivation
IGO
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) raised concerns over anti-Semitism and intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in Austria.