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Year
2016
Report data for country
Spain
Cases Recorded by Police
1272
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The figure presented here includes ten hate crimes motivated by "fear of the poor" and 259 hate crimes motivated by ideology. These categories fall outside of the OSCE concept of hate crimes and are not included in the breakdown by bias motivation below.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Homicide
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
115
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes physical assaults with or without injuries, as well as sexual assaults and abuse.
Type of Crime
Theft/ robbery
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
16
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
79
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes threats and minor harassment.
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
201
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes hate crimes committed at, around, shortly before or after a sport event, and other unspecified crimes.
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-Semitic hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Mandated bias motivation
Other hate crime based on religion or belief
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
7
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Desecration of graves
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Attacks against places of worship
Cases Recorded by Police
10
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
14
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
12
Mandated bias motivation
Gender-based hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
8
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
31
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
60
Type of Crime
Theft/ robbery
Cases Recorded by Police
7
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
6
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
40
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
117
Mandated bias motivation
Disability hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
41
Type of Crime
Theft/ robbery
Cases Recorded by Police
46
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
14
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
158
NPC
Bias motivation
Other hate crime based on religion or belief
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

These numbers represent all anti-religious crime, including motivated by bias against Christians and Muslims.

Bias motivation
Gender-based hate crime
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures recorded 41 hate crimes motivated by bias against gender.

ODIHR Recommendations

ODIHR observes that Spain has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases or information on sentenced hate crime cases.