Statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police. This bulletin
has been revised – please see details section below.
From:
Home Office
Published
5 October 2023
Last updated
2 November 2023 — See all updates
Applies to England and Wales
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Hate crime, England and
Wales, 2022 to 2023 second edition
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Hate crime, England and
Wales, 2022 to 2023: data tables second edition
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Hate crime, England and
Wales, 2022 to 2023: appendix tables second edition
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Details
In line with our published Revisions and Corrections policy, we
have updated this statistical bulletin to incorporate revised
data for Nottinghamshire Police relating to religious hate crimes
for the year ending March 2023. The revision by Nottinghamshire
Police means that the total number of religious hate crimes
recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending
March 2023 has been revised down from 9,387 to 8,241 offences.
This means there was a 4% fall in religious hate crimes across
England and Wales compared with the previous year, rather than an
increase of 9% as previously stated. The associated Data and
Appendix tables have also been revised.
This publication provides information on the number of hate
crimes from police recorded data in England and Wales from April
2022 to March 2023. The bulletin covers the extent and trends in
hate crime for all forces, with additional analysis based upon
more detailed data supplied by 30 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
