Spain

Spain regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Spain's Criminal Code contains general penalty enhancement and substantive offence provisions. The Interior Ministry's State Secretariat of Security collects hate crime data from the Catalan Autonomous Police, the Autonomous Basque Police, Navarre Police, National Police Force and the Civil Guard. Spain publishes annual reports on hate crimes.

SELECT YEAR

OFFICIAL DATA

Year	Hate crimes recorded by police	Prosecuted	Sentenced
2020	1401	675	144
2019	1706	Not available	Not available
2018	1598	Not available	Not available
2017	1419	Not available	Not available
2016	1272	Not available	Not available
2015	1328	Not available	Not available
2014	1285	Not available	Not available
2013	1168	Not available	Not available
2012	261	Not available	Not available
2011	224	Not available	Not available
2010	92	Not available	Not available
2009	93	Not available	Not available

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National developments

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Catalonia established a pioneering special unit to deal with hate crimes, racism and anti-Semitism.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Federation of Jewish communities in Spain reported three verbal attacks and two attacks on synagogues. The Anti-Defamation League reported the vandalization of a community house and a synagogue, as well as one case of physical assault and others of verbal insults. The Stephen Roth Institute reported four violent incidents.

Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Union of Islamic Communities in Spain reported ten incidents, including three murders, five assaults on persons of North African origin and two cases of the vandalizing of mosques.

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Transgender Europe (TGEU) reported the murder of a transgender person. The Centre for Human Rights Research reported that the first conviction in Spain in which sexual orientation was acknowledged as a bias motive was made.