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Spain regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Spain publishes annual reports on hate crimes.
Spain implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crime for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) programme in 2019, and the Prosecutor General's Office has established a network of dedicated hate crime prosecutors across the country. A regional TAHCLE in Valencia was implemented in 2016.
The Ministry of Interior has a dedicated protocol that regulates how law enforcement handles hate crime cases and sets out the specific rights of hate crime victims. Within the Ministry, the Spanish National Office Against Hate Crimes (ONDOD) is responsible for the Hate Crime Action Plan (adopted for 2019-2021 and 2022-2024). Currently, the Action Plan covers the areas of victim support, co-ordination among state authorities, civil society and the private sector, hate crime prevention, specialization within the police, training, awareness raising, and the allocation of adequate human resources in ONDOD.
In 2023, Spain implemented a new national Strategic Framework against racism and xenophobia
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2023 | 2,268 | 210 | 157 |
| 2022 | 1,869 | 191 | 152 |
| 2021 | 1,802 | 192 | 91 |
| 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 |
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.
Hate crime recorded by police
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.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Union of Islamic Communities of Spain
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| 2016-09 | Threats/Harassment | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-07 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
UNHCR in Spain
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | Hatento
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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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 | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (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)
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-08 | Threats/Harassment | 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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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-10 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-05 | Threats/Harassment | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-12 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (OLRC)
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
Observatory for Freedom of Religion and Conscience (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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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Threats/Harassment | FELGBT
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Threats/Harassment | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-09 | Threats/Harassment | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Attacks against property | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | Cabinet of Social Studies (GES)
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| 2016-04 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-09 | Threats/Harassment | FELGBT
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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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 | FELGBT
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
ILGA-Europe
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-08 | Violent attacks against people | FELGBT
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
No information is available.