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Year
2017
Report data for country
Poland
Cases Perpetrators were Sentenced
260
Cases Prosecuted
320
Cases Recorded by Police
886
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Police, prosecution and sentencing figures include cases of hate speech.
Intro for the official data graphs

The numbers presented here refer to police investigations initiated as hate crimes. The numbers also include incidents of hate speech, which are considered crimes under Polish penal law.

Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Homicide
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
164
Type of Crime
Theft/ robbery
Cases Recorded by Police
6
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
14
Type of Crime
Attacks against places of worship
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
99
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
337
Explanation to the total figures recorded
This category includes hate speech incidents, which fall outside the OSCE definition of hate crimes but cannot be separated.
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-Roma hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
11
Type of Crime
Attacks against places of worship
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
20
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
28
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-Semitic hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
71
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-Muslim hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
18
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Attacks against places of worship
Cases Recorded by Police
3
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
11
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
90
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-Christian hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
24
Mandated bias motivation
Other hate crime based on religion or belief
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Damage to property
Cases Recorded by Police
2
Type of Crime
Threats/ threatening behaviour
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
5
Mandated bias motivation
Anti-LGBTI hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Physical assault
Cases Recorded by Police
1
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
4
Mandated bias motivation
Gender-based hate crime
Crime types figures
Type of Crime
Unspecified
Cases Recorded by Police
1
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

A police coordinator for fighting hate crimes in cyberspace was appointed to the Bureau for the Fight against Cybercrime. Additionally, co-ordinators for fighting hate crimes (one per Voivodeship) have been appointed in organizational units for fighting cybercrime in the Voivodeship police headquarters and the Metropolitan Police Headquarters.

ODIHR Recommendations

ODIHR observes that Poland has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.