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This publication provides information on the number of hate crimes from police recorded data in England and Wales from April 2017 to March 2018. The bulletin covers the extent and trends in hate crime for all forces, with additional analysis based upon more detailed data supplied by 24 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 2017 to March 2018. 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.

Published 16 October 2018

Hate crime, England and Wales, 2017 to 2018

Applies to England and Wales

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