The Danish National Police also monitored 274 incidents without charges and other investigative measures that had a bias motivation. These are broken down below by bias motivation. The Police reported 159 actual hate crimes, which excludes 55 hate speech offences that do not fall within the OSCE's definition of a hate crime that are included under the "Unspecified" bias motivation and is broken down by type of crime.
The National Police College introduced a mandatory course on hate crime, in which students are taught how to interact with targeted groups and how to communicate with victims in a respectful and understanding manner.
The Danish National Police has developed a training seminar on hate crime which is offered as part of continuing education efforts.
The Danish National Police initiated a dialogue on hate crimes with a number of significant stakeholders to establish closer and ongoing cooperation with civil society.
This category includes crimes committed due to bias on the grounds of nationality, ethnicity, race, skin colour, and other related grounds.
This figure consists of 41 crimes with homophobic motivation and four motivated by bias on the grounds of gender identity.
This category reflects the number of actually recorded offences. 55 hate speech crimes were also reported but are not included here.
In its fifth report on Denmark, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended continuous hate crime training for police officers and prosecutors, in co-operation with ODIHR and affected communities. ECRI also recommended that a new system be introduced to track hate crimes throughout the judicial process.
In its fifth report on Denmark, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that the authorities facilitate closer co-operation between Muslim communities and the police to prevent and combat violence against Muslims.
In its fifth report on Denmark, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that the authorities promote increased dialogue between members of the LGBT community and the police to facilitate the reporting of homophobic and transphobic violence.
In its fifth report on Denmark, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that the police take hate motivations into consideration in cases of vandalism targeting religious sites.
ODIHR observes that Denmark has not reported to ODIHR the number of prosecuted and sentenced hate crime cases.