FOI 0726-2024/25- Non-crime hate incidents
Request:
Q1. Please can you provide an annual breakdown of non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) recorded for each year from 2014 (or earliest possible year) to 2024. For 2024, please provide up until the date of response.
Q2. Please can you provide an annual breakdown of the NCHIs recorded for each year from 2014 (or earliest possible year) to 2024 by characteristic (i.e. religion, race etc.). For 2024, please provide up until the date of response.
Response:
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Q1 & Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of non-crime hate incidents recorded between 01 January 2014 to 17 November 2024, broken down by calendar year and prejudice strand.
|
Calendar Year |
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|
Prejudice Strand |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
|
Disability |
11 |
16 |
24 |
23 |
20 |
31 |
17 |
39 |
26 |
27 |
23 |
257 |
|
Religion/Faith |
6 |
12 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
13 |
7 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
25 |
128 |
|
Other |
1 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
11 |
10 |
29 |
11 |
12 |
4 |
102 |
|
Racial |
86 |
103 |
115 |
108 |
83 |
80 |
118 |
94 |
65 |
91 |
115 |
1058 |
|
Sexual orientation |
32 |
16 |
20 |
40 |
23 |
28 |
18 |
35 |
20 |
35 |
21 |
288 |
|
Transgender |
7 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
64 |
|
|
Total |
136 |
161 |
177 |
189 |
154 |
171 |
178 |
219 |
137 |
179 |
196 |
1897 |
*Please note ‘other’ being anything outside of the main strands we report on which includes ‘age’ and ‘gender’ - also 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.