Official figures record 61 racist/xenophobic crimes.
Official figures record 37 anti-Semitic crimes.
Official figures record 12 anti-Muslim crimes.
The Ministry of the Interior’s Federal Agency for State Protection and Counterterrorism has been conducting an awareness-raising campaign among prison staff regarding extremist radicalization and recruitment since 2012.
ZARA reported 11 physical assaults, two of which resulted in serious injuries. In seven cases, the victims were women. ZARA also reported one attempted arson against a camp for asylum seekers; three incidents of damage to property, one of which included an incident of graffiti; four incidents of threats; one attack by a group against a Turkish cultural centre; and 11 incidents of racist graffiti.
ZARA reported 29 incidents of graffiti, one of which involved a synagogue, and several incidents of damage to commemorative Stolpersteine (small stones commemorating individual victims of Nazism). The Forum Against anti-Semitism reported seven physical assaults, six incidents of damage to property, 48 incidents of vandalism and 24 threats.
The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported two incidents of the desecration of places of worship, one of which included burglary. The European Association of Jehovah's Christian Witnesses / Jehovah’s Witnesses – Austria reported seven incidents of damage to places of worship involving buildings being broken into or vandalized.
ZARA and the Romano Centro reported one incident of threats and a planned arson attack against a group of Roma by a group, which had been organized on Facebook.
ZARA reported two physical assaults, in which women were attacked because of their religious and ethnic backgrounds, and 13 incidents of graffiti, one of which targeted a mosque.
World Without Nazism reported one physical assault against a Muslim woman who was wearing a headscarf.
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria reported one incident in which a transgender person was spat at.
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria reported one physical assault by a group against a taxi driver and one incident of threats against two girls on a tram.
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria reported one physical assault against two Roma men.
Anti-Discrimination Office Styria reported one incident of threats against Muslim girls wearing headscarves.
The Holy See reported one case of damage to church property when shoes were thrown at an altar during a Christmas midnight mass. Austrian authorities reported back that the court proceedings ended with an acquittal of the accused on the grounds of mental incapacity, and that religious bias motivation could not be established.
The Holy See reported one case of anti-Polish graffiti on the wall of a church where a priest of Polish descent works. Austrian authorities reported back that the perpetrator was not identified and that no bias motivation was established.
ODIHR observes that Austria has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.