FOI 0718-2023/24 - Non-hate crime incidents

Request:

Please provide the following information for the time period 14.03.2023 – 14.09.2023:

Q1. The total number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by the Constabulary, broken down by individual “hate” characteristics (e.g. Race, Disability, Gender Reassignment etc.) If it is not possible to provide the information broken down by individual characteristics, please just provide the total number of incidents recorded. If individual incidents may be flagged with more than one characteristic please indicate this in your response.

Response:

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Q1.  Please see the table below relating to non-crime hate incidents reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period between 14 March 2023 to 14 September 2023, broken down by incident type.

Non Crime hate incidents	Total
Prejudice - Racial	39
Prejudice - Sexual orientation	20
Prejudice - Disability	17
Prejudice - Religion/faith	5
Prejudice - Gender	3
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Prejudice - Transgender	3
Prejudice - Age	3
Prejudice - Transgender	3
Prejudice - Disability;Prejudice - Gender	1
Prejudice - Racial;Prejudice - Age	1
Prejudice - Religion/faith;Prejudice - Transgender	1
Prejudice - Racial;Prejudice - Religion/faith	1
Prejudice - Gender;Prejudice - Transgender	1
Prejudice - Racial;Prejudice - Gender	1
Total	99

Please note there can be multiple prejudice strands selected per incident.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.