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Poland

Poland regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Several public bodies are involved in monitoring and/or collecting data on hate crimes, primarily the police and the Prosecutor's Office. Hate crime data are regularly published.

There is a high degree of hate crime specialization in both police and prosecutor structures. More than 100 specialist hate crime prosecutors have been appointed, and a network of hate crime co-ordinators was established in the police in 2014. In 2015, following a request by the lower house of parliament, ODIHR provided a legislative review of proposed changes to the Criminal Code of Poland, including on hate crime provisions.

In 2023, Polish police participated in a three-day train-the-trainer workshop as part of ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE). In 2018, the Ministry of the Interior, ODIHR and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency co-organized a workshop on understanding and improving hate crime recording and data collection based on ODIHR's Information Against Hate Crimes Toolkit (INFAHCT) programme. In 2019, ODIHR co-operated with the Commissioner for Human Rights in Poland to issue a report on the nature and scale of unreported hate crimes against members of selected communities in Poland.

A draft bill is being developed to amend the Penal Code to strengthen criminal law protection against criminal discriminatory grounds for conduct on the basis of disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 

Hate crime data collection in Poland
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Download the 2018 hate crime report for Poland

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 893 386 296
2022 1,180 440 312
2021 997 466 339
2020 826 374 266
2019 972 432 597
2018 1117 397 315
2017 886 320 260
2016 874 281 236
2015 263 229 195
2014 778 179 127
2013 757 116 53
2012 266 76 39
2011 222 43 24
2010 251 30 28
2009 194 29 27

About 2018 Data

    Police, prosecution and sentencing figures include cases of hate speech.

Hate crime recorded by police

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.

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KEY OBSERVATION

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

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

  • Total Incidents
  • Targeted properties
  • Type of property attacks

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-04 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-12 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-06 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
UNHCR
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2018-01 Threats/Harassment
UNHCR
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2018-03 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-03 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-02 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-03 Threats/Harassment
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
Open Dialog Foundation
SETA
Show info
2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-12 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
UNHCR
Show info
2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
UNHCR
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2018-03 Threats/Harassment
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-10 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-10 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-02 Threats/Harassment
UNHCR
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2018-02 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-03 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-01 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-02 Threats/Harassment
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-03 Threats/Harassment
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
Show info
2018-10 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
Show info
2018-12 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-11 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-04 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-09 Attacks against property
Open Dialog Foundation
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2018-09 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-12 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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2018-03 Attacks against property
UNHCR
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-04 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
Show info
2018-12 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
Show info
2018-08 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-01 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-02 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-03 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-05 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-08 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-11 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Ordo Iuris Institute
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2018-01 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-02 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Violent attacks against people
OIDAC
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2018-08 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-11 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-09 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-11 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-10 Violent attacks against people
Jehovah's Witnesses
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2018-12 Attacks against property
Holy See
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2018-05 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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2018-07 Attacks against property
OIDAC
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Gender-based hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-04 Violent attacks against people
"Never Again" Association
SETA
Show info

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-09 Threats/Harassment
Open Dialog Foundation
Show info
2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
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2018-03 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
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2018 Threats/Harassment
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
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2018-06 Threats/Harassment
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
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2018-05 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
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2018-03 Threats/Harassment
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-07 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-07 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-07 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-01 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-10 Violent attacks against people
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Show info
2018-01 Threats/Harassment
Campaign Against Homophobia (KPH)
Lambda Warsaw
Open Dialog Foundation
Show info

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The United Nations Committee against Torture published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Poland."

Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published relevant recommendations in its "Concluding observations on the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic reports of Poland."

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