Hate crime, England and Wales, 2014 to 2015
Statistics on hate crimes and racist incidents recorded by the police and findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW).
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This publication provides information on the number of hate crimes from police recorded data in England and Wales from April 2014 to March 2015. The bulletin covers the extent and trends in hate crime for all forces, with additional analysis based upon more detailed data supplied by 22 police forces on the types of offences associated with hate crime.
Hate crime is defined as ‘any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic.’ There are five centrally monitored strands of hate crime:
- race or ethnicity
- religion or beliefs
- sexual orientation
- disability
- transgender identity
The publication includes information on racist incidents in England and Wales recorded by the police from April 2014 to March 2015. A ‘racist incident’ is any incident, including any crime, which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race. The report also provides estimates from the CSEW on the level of hate crime in England and Wales, based on combined data from the April 2012 to March 2015 surveys. The CSEW also provides information on the victims’ experience of hate crime and whether they told the police about the hate crimes.