The Community Security Trust (CST) reported description of incidents as well as statistical data.
The police regularly exchange data about recorded incidents with the Community Security Trust (CST) and Tell MAMA, two civil society organizations. As a result, some of the incidents reported by these two organizations are also included in the official data reported by police, notably concerning incidents motivated by bias against Muslims and anti-Semitism.
In July 2016, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Justice published an action plan on hate crime entitled Action Against Hate: The UK Government's plan for Tackling Hate Crime.
In October, the Crown Prosecution Service published revised guidelines on prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media, which now includes a section on hate crime to equip prosecutors to address these cases.
In August 2017, as part of its #HateCrimeMatters campaign, the Crown Prosecution Service published Public Policy Statements and Legal Guidance on the monitored strands of hate crime.
Hate crimes recorded in this category can include any group defined by race, colour, nationality or ethnic or national origin, including countries within the UK, and "Gypsy or Irish Travellers". It also includes persons targeted because they are an asylum seeker or refugee.
The number here consists of 62,685 cases recorded in England and wales, and 146 cases recorded in Northern Ireland.
The number here consists of 5,949 cases recorded in England and Wales, and 148 cases recorded in Northern Ireland. The figure for Northern Ireland consists of hate crimes motivated by bias against religion/faith, and sectarian hate crimes.
Of this number, 9,157 hate crimes were motivated by bias on the grounds of sexual orientation and 1,248 were motivated by transphobic bias in England and Wales. In Northern Ireland, police recorded 62 homophobic and transphobic hate crimes combined.
Of this number, 5,558 disability hate crimes were recorded in England and Wales, and 14 in Northern Ireland.
In its report, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for the United Kingdom, recommended that the authorities efficiently implement the government's new "Hate Crime Action Plan" and monitor its implementation as a means of reviewing approaches by criminal justice agencies to increasing hate crime.
ODIHR observes that the United Kingdom has met most OSCE commitments on hate crime data collection and reporting.
The police and two civil society organizations involved in monitoring hate incidents (Community Security Trust and Tell MAMA) are on a regular basis exchanging data about the recorded incidents. This data sharing is governed by the Information Sharing Agreements signed between the police and each of the civil society organizations. As a result, some of the information presented below as part of the civil society-reported incidents (particularly data on anti-Semitic hate crime and hate crime motivated by intolerance against Muslims) is also included in the official reporting by the police above.