Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
63
Explanation to the total figures recorded
The number of cases recorded by the police refers to incidents in which the newly introduced marker "hate crimes" has been added in the recording process. The judiciary has data on the crimes of murder and grievous bodily harm aggravated by bias; however, these cannot be reported as their number does not exceed three.
NPC
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report
The possibility to flag a hate crime case has been introduced in the Criminal Police database.
ODIHR Recommendations
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Portugal have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.