Skip to main content
Home
  • English
  • Русский

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Hate Crime Data
  • ODIHR's Tools
  • Civil Society
  • Participating States
  • Image
    Albania
  • Image
    Andorra
  • Image
    Armenia
  • Image
    Austria
  • Image
    Azerbaijan
  • Image
    Belarus
  • Image
    Belgium
  • Image
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Image
    Bulgaria
  • Image
    Canada
  • Image
    Croatia
  • Image
    Cyprus
  • Image
    Czech Republic
  • Image
    Denmark
  • Image
    Estonia
  • Image
    Finland
  • Image
    France
  • Image
    Georgia
  • Image
    Germany
  • Image
    Greece
  • Image
    Holy See
  • Image
    Hungary
  • Image
    Iceland
  • Image
    Ireland
  • Image
    Italy
  • Image
    Kazakhstan
  • Image
    Kyrgyzstan
  • Image
    Latvia
  • Image
    Liechtenstein
  • Image
    Lithuania
  • Image
    Luxembourg
  • Image
    Malta
  • Image
    Moldova
  • Image
    Monaco
  • Image
    Mongolia
  • Image
    Montenegro
  • Image
    Netherlands
  • Image
    North Macedonia
  • Image
    Norway
  • Image
    Poland
  • Image
    Portugal
  • Image
    Romania
  • Image
    Russian Federation
  • Image
    San Marino
  • Image
    Serbia
  • Image
    Slovakia
  • Image
    Slovenia
  • Image
    Spain
  • Image
    Sweden
  • Image
    Switzerland
  • Image
    Tajikistan
  • Image
    Turkey
  • Image
    Turkmenistan
  • Image
    Ukraine
  • Image
    United Kingdom
  • Image
    United States of America
  • Image
    Uzbekistan

Country pages menu

  • Overview
  • Hate crimes - Official data
  • ODIHR's key observations
  • Hate incidents - Unofficial data
  • International reports
Image

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. The UK has a Hate Crime Action Plan for England and Wales. The UK Government collaborates closely with civil society, including through Information Sharing Agreements concluded with the Community Security Trust (CST) and Tell MAMA.

In Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice chairs a multi-agency Hate Crime Delivery Group (HCDG) to identify strategic, cross-governmental priorities and develop new approaches to dealing with hate crime. The HCDG monitors hate crime trends and delivers an action plan to strengthen inter-agency communication and co-ordination to address hate crime across Northern Ireland. The group meets quarterly and includes representatives of government departments, criminal justice agencies and victim groups.

The Scottish Minister for Equalities and Older People has convened a Hate Crime Strategic Partnership Group (SPG), which brings together criminal justice agencies and civil society organizations with hate crime expertise. 

The UK's College of Policing has developed guidelines for police on responding to hate crime, and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued relevant guidance for prosecutors and published public policy statements on particular hate crime strands. The CPS also holds regular meetings with community members and groups.

Police and prosecution data, which cover the reporting period from April to March of the following year, are regularly published by the relevant criminal justice agencies of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Hate crime data collection in the United Kingdom
Support for hate crime victims in the United Kingdom
Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

SELECT YEAR

  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009

OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2021 158,018 5,984 932
2020 125,848 16,824 9,510
2019 106,672 14,058 9,340
2018 111,076 18,055 10,817
2017 95,552 14,535 11,987
2016 80,763 20,321 Not available
2015 62518 21300 13103
2014 52853 4872 549
2013 47986 19689 12353
2012 47676 19205 10794
2011 50688 19802 12651
2010 53946 19342 11405
2009 58692 13030 10690

Hate crime recorded by police

  • By bias motivation
  • By type of crime
Download official data
Download official data

National developments

The True Vision website, a joint initiative between the Police and the Cross Government Hate Crime Programme, was launched in December 2010. The purpose of the website is to publish hate crime data and to enable victims and third party organizations to report hate crimes online directly to the relevant police agency. The online reporting facility received over 600 reports of hate crimes in the first nine months. 

The Hate Crime Strategy Board, a cross-government initiative comprised of senior representatives and led by the Ministry of Justice, was established to improve criminal justice service to victims. In 2010, the Board produced the Hate Crime Diagnostic Toolkit, which supports local police and prosecutors in identifying and implementing improvements in the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. 

The Victim’s Fund, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, was allocated over two million pounds to be used for a broad range of hate crime initiatives delivered by civil society groups offering direct support to victims of crime. 

In Northern Ireland, the Criminal Justice Board, which is made up of senior representatives of the seven main statutory criminal-justice agencies in Northern Ireland, reached consensus on a shared definition of “hate crime”.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia was established in the Parliament of the United Kingdom to investigate the forms, manifestations and extent of prejudice and discrimination against Muslims; review the effectiveness of all legislation, with a view to improving the rate of success in the prosecution of hate crimes; review existing mechanisms for the recording of anti-Muslim hate crimes; and investigate and review the role of the media in fostering mutual respect and tolerance and guarding against misrepresentations of Islam and intolerance towards Muslims.

The findings of a 2009 United Kingdom Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report on disabled people’s experiences of targeted violence and hate crime, as well as concern about public authorities’ responses to a number of high profile and serious offences committed against disabled people, led to an inquiry, carried out in 2010, into what actions public authorities are taking to discharge their legal duty to eliminate disability-related harassment and its causes. The inquiry involved substantial public consultation and evidence sessions with senior members of the criminal justice system, including the Director of Public Prosecutions. 

KEY OBSERVATION

No information is available.

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

Reports

Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Community Security Trust reported 114 physical assaults, 83 cases of damage to or desecration of Jewish property (including cemeteries, schools, the buildings of Jewish organizations and private homes) and 27 threats. The Stephen Roth Institute reported 144 hate incidents.

read more ›

Anti-Muslim hate crime

Human Rights First reported three physical assaults and two arson attacks motivated by anti-Muslim bias. The National Association of Muslim Police reported 15 cases of arson and damage to property targeting mosques, and five cases of graffiti in Muslim cemeteries. The Institute of Race Relations reported 12 physical assaults and 20 hate incidents involving graffiti and damage to property, eight of which targeted mosques. The Muslim Council of Britain reported two physical assaults, two arson attacks on mosques and eight cases of damage to property (four targeting mosques, three targeting Muslim cemeteries, and one as part of a series of attacks on the home of a Muslim family). ENGAGE reported six physical assaults, one of which involved serious bodily injury, two arson attacks on mosques, five cases of damage to mosques, the desecration of a cemetery, one case of graffiti and four cases in which pigs’ heads were left outside mosques.

read more ›

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Institute of Race Relations reported one physical assault causing serious bodily injury, and one other physical assault against an asylum seeker.

read more ›

INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-Muslim hate crime

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) issued a report examining the discrimination and violence experienced by Muslim and non-Muslim youths in the United Kingdom. The report found that victims of violence and discrimination often suffered from feelings of social marginalization.

Image
2022 HCR Call for Submissions_in focus image

2022 Call for Civil Society Submissions

14 Feb 2023
Image
HCRW announcement banner

2021 Hate Crime Data Now Available!

16 Nov 2022
Image
20220412_ODIHR 2021 impact_image_EN

ODIHR's impact in 2021: Marking 15 years of reporting hate crimes

12 Apr 2022
Image
20220401_InFocus_IP event_cover image

ODIHR's impact in 2021: Lifting up indigenous voices to counter racism and promote diversity and inclusion

01 Apr 2022
Image
20220426_ODIHR impact 2021_EStAR_image

ODIHR's impact in 2021: Delivering tools to support hate crime victims

24 Mar 2022
Image
Call for submissions image.png

2021 Call for Civil Society Submissions

16 Feb 2022
Image
2020 Announcement Page

2020 Hate Crime Data Now Available!

15 Nov 2021
Image
FAQ.png

Hate Crime Data: Frequently Asked Questions

15 Nov 2021
Image
Steps to Meet Hate Crime Victims' Needs

ODIHR's impact in 2020: Strengthening Support for Hate Crime Victims

16 Apr 2021
Image
10 practical steps to respond to the security needs of Muslim communities

ODIHR's impact in 2020: A holistic and inclusive response to anti-Muslim hate crimes

15 Apr 2021

Contact Us

Email tndinfo@odihr.pl
Tel +48 22 520 06 00
Fax +48 22 520 06 05
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department
Ul. Miodowa 10
00-251
Warsaw, Poland

Footer

  • ODIHR
  • ODIHR contacts
  • OSCE
  • About OSCE websites
  • Terms of service

Log In

  • Reset your password