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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.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 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 |
About 2016 Data
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The figure presented here includes ten hate crimes motivated by "fear of the poor" and 259 hate crimes motivated by ideology. These categories fall outside of the OSCE concept of hate crimes and are not included in the breakdown by bias motivation below.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Hatento
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-07 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
UNHCR in Spain
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| 2016-09 | Threats | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OLRC
SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
OLRC
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-08 | Threats | SETA
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | OLRC
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OLRC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-05 | Threats | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
OLRC
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Disability hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
FELGBT
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-06 | Threats | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Threats | FELGBT
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Threats | FELGBT
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Threats | FELGBT
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Spain has not reported to ODIHR the numbers of prosecuted hate crime cases or information on sentenced hate crime cases.