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.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 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 |
About 2018 Data
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Police data represent hate crimes recorded in England and Wales (103,379), Northern Ireland (961) and Scotland (6,736). More than a half of hate crimes recorded by police represent "public order offences", some of which fall outside of the scope of the OSCE's definition of hate crime. The total numbers of police recorded hate crimes by bias motivation presented below are higher than this overall number because of cases involving more than one bias. Prosecution data breakdown is as follows: 611 in Northern Ireland, 12,828 in England and Wales and 4,616 in Scotland. The number of convictions is for England and Wales only.
Hate crime recorded by police
The disaggregated data below are for England and Wales only. The Police and several civil society organizations involved in monitoring hate incidents (including Community Security Trust, Galop and Tell MAMA) are on a regular basis exchanging data about the recorded incidents. This data sharing is governed by the Information Sharing Agreements signed between the Police and each of the civil society organizations. As a result, some of the information presented below as part of the official monitoring of hate crimes (particularly data on anti-Semitic hate crime and hate crime motivated by intolerance against Muslims) is also included in the reporting by the above mentioned civil society organizations elsewhere on this page.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the United Kingdom has met most OSCE commitments on hate crime data collection and reporting.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-10 | Violent attacks against people | Tell MAMA
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | UNHCR
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Tell MAMA
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-12 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-03 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-04 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-05 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-10 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-02 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-06 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-10 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-08 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-09 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-05 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | Community Security Trust (CST)
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| 2018-09 | Threats | Community Security Trust (CST)
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-10 | Violent attacks against people | Tell MAMA
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| 2018-03 | Threats | Tell MAMA
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| 2018-04 | Threats | Tell MAMA
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| 2018-10 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2018-05 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-07 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | SETA
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| 2018 | Threats | Tell MAMA
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Tell MAMA
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| 2018-02 | Violent attacks against people | Tell MAMA
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| 2018 | Threats | Galop
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Anti-Christian hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-01 | Violent attacks against people | Jehovah's Witnesses
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-09 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-07 | Violent attacks against people | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-01 | Threats | OIDAC
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-02 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-03 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-01 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-12 | Attacks against property | Holy See
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-11 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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Other hate crime based on religion or belief
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018-08 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-04 | Attacks against property | OIDAC
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| 2018-06 | Attacks against property | SETA
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2018 | Threats | Galop
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| 2018 | Threats | Galop
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Galop
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| 2018 | Violent attacks against people | Galop
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