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21 October 2020updated 04 Oct 2023 11:46am

Hate crime is at a record high — but is there more hate, or more people reporting hate?

Police in England and Wales recorded the highest ever number of hate crime incidents in the year up to March.

By Nicu Calcea

Police records of hate crimes have reached a record high, with some 105,090 incidents reported in England and Wales in the year to March 2020. The data – published by the Home Office on 13 October – represents an eight per cent increase on the previous year.

Racially motivated crimes were up by six per cent, with 72 per cent of all hate crimes (76,070) having a racial dimension. Hate crimes targeted against a person’s sexual orientation had risen at an even faster rate, by 19 per cent in a year. Hate crimes against transgender people and those with a disability rose 16 per cent and nine per cent respectively.

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