FOI 0362-2023/24 - Disability Hate Crimes
Request:
Q1. In your police force, for each of the last two financial years (2021/22 and 2022/23): how many disability hate crimes have been recorded?
2021/22
2022/23
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Q2. For each financial year (2021/22 and 2022/23): how many disability hate crimes involved acts of violence against a person?
2021/22
2022/23
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Q3. For each financial year (2021/22 and 2022/23): how many disability hate crimes were recorded as taking place online?
2021/22
2022/23
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Q4. For each financial year (2021/22 and 2022/23): how many of the recorded disability hate crimes resulted in a charge or summons?
2021/22
2022/23
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For each financial year (2021/22 and 2022/23): how many disability hate crimes were recorded as also linked to other protected characteristics like race, religion, gender or sexual orientation?
2021/22
2022/23
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Q6. A. For each financial year (2021/22 and 2022/23): did your police force employ a trained, specialist Disability Liaison Officer (DLO)? B. In your police force, is a DLO currently in post?
A DLO in 2021/22 Y/N
A DLO in 2033/23 Y/N
B Currently employed Y/N
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Response:
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Q1 & Q5. Please see the table below, which shows the total amount of Disability Hate Crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police and the total amount of Disability Hate Crimes that were were also linked to other protected characteristics for the period between 2021 to 2023, broken down by financial year.
|
Financial Year |
|
|
|
|
Hate Crime |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Disability |
100 |
131 |
231 |
|
Disability;Gender |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Homophobic;Disability |
4 |
6 |
10 |
|
Homophobic;Transphobic;Disability |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Racial;Disability |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Christian;Disability |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Transphobic;Disability |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
108 |
143 |
251 |
Q2. Please see the table below the total amount of Disability Hate Crimes involving acts of Violence Against The Person, recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the period between 2021 to 2023, broken down by financial year.
|
Violence Against The Person |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Assault With Injury |
7 |
11 |
18 |
|
Assault With Intent To Cause Serious Harm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Assault Without Injury |
17 |
22 |
39 |
|
Engage In Controlling/Coercive Behaviour In An Intimate/Family Relationship |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Harassment |
20 |
34 |
54 |
|
Malicious Communications |
9 |
7 |
16 |
|
Stalking |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Total |
53 |
78 |
131 |
Q3. Please see the table below the total amount of Disability Hate Crimes that were recorded taking place online, recorded by North Yorkshire Police for the period between 2021 to 2023, broken down by financial year.
|
Financial Year |
|
|
|
|
Hate Crime |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Cyber |
10 |
11 |
21 |
|
Total |
10 |
11 |
21 |
Q4. Please see the table below the total amount of Disability Hate Crime that were recorded by North Yorkshire Police, that were charged/summonsed for the period between 2021 to 2023, broken down by financial year.
|
Financial Year |
|
|
|
|
Outcome |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Charged/Summonsed |
3 |
5 |
8 |
Q6a. North Yorkshire Police didn’t employ a Disability Liaison Officer (DLO) in the timeframes provided.
Q6b. No
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.