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Stonewall launched a new hate crime reporting guide entitled "How to Report Hate Crime", which informs people about their legal rights, where to go for help and why it is important to report hate crime.

Tell MAMA provided training on countering anti-Muslim hate crimes to frontline officers in six police forces in England and Wales; signed memorandums of understanding on hate crime data recording with police and victim support agencies to improve help to victims; and worked with Twitter, leading to improvements in the way users can report and block abusive content.

Galop reported one incident of threats and damage to property against a gay man with mental disabilities.

Faith Matters reported one physical assault against a girl of mixed ethnicity and one case of damage to a car owned by a Pakistani family. Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) reported two physical assaults causing serious injuries, one of which was carried out by a group against two men of South Asian origin; a further three physical assaults, including one carried out by a group after a march by the English Defence League; one incident of damage to property; and two incidents of graffiti, including racist graffiti, on an Islamic centre.

The Community Security Trust (CST) reported 69 physical assaults, including four carried out by groups, one case in which two girls were pushed into oncoming traffic and two incidents where bricks, stones or eggs were thrown; four physical assaults resulting in serious injuries, including one involving a robbery; 46 incidents of damage to property; 38 threats; 48 incidents of graffiti, including 11 incidents where synagogues were desecrated or damaged and one incident where swastikas were painted on the pavement outside a Jewish nursery; 20 incidents involving the homes or vehicles parked outside the homes of Jewish people, including an incident where raw ham and prawns were pushed through the letterbox of a woman’s home; and one incident of the desecration of a cemetery. World Without Nazism reported one physical assault by a group against two Yeshiva students and one incident of damage to a memorial plate dedicated to three victims of the Holocaust.

Faith Matters reported two physical assaults, both against Muslim women, two incidents of threats and one arson attack. The Community Security Trust (CST) reported an incident of graffiti on a mosque.

Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) reported the murder of an 82-year-old man after Friday prayers and two attempted bombings, all carried out by the same person. MEND also reported four physical assaults causing serious injuries, two of which targeted women wearing headscarves; 13 physical assaults, including ten against women and four involving attempts to remove their headscarves; and a further two attempted physical assaults against women, both involving attempts to remove their headscarves.

In addition, MEND reported three incidents of damage to property, including one in which a house was damaged and a pig’s head was left on the driveway; a further ten incidents involving pigs’ heads or bacon being placed outside family homes and mosques; 15 incidents of graffiti on mosques or Islamic centres; seven incidents in which mosque windows were smashed; three further incidents of the desecration of mosques; one incident involving the desecration of four Muslim graves; and three incidents of threats, including a bomb threat against a mosque. MEND also reported seven arson attacks, two of which were against mosques, including one incident during which worshippers were inside the mosque, and one of which was against a school and resulted in two boys requiring treatment for smoke inhalation.         

World Without Nazism reported two murders; one incident involving several physical assaults that caused serious injuries, in which several people were stabbed and four people, including a police officer, were hospitalized; and six arson attacks, including five against mosques and one against a Muslim school. World Without Nazism also reported eight incidents of the desecration of a place of worship, including three incidents in which a pig's head was left inside or near a mosque and five incidents of graffiti on mosques; one incident of the desecration of a cemetery, in which graves were covered in graffiti; one incident in which a bomb was found near a mosque; and one incident in which a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf was spat at on the street.

The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians reported three arson attacks on churches.

World Without Nazism reported one arson attack and one attempted bombing against a church and one incident of graffiti on a Sikh boarding school.

Transgender Europe reported three physical assaults against transgender women.