FOI 0549-2023/24- Hate Crimes
Request:
Q1. How many race hate crimes were reported to your force?
a)How many charges were made by your force?
b) Breakdown of ethnic backgrounds of victims
Q2. How many race hate crimes against children (u18s) were reported to your force?
a) Breakdown of the type of offence - e.g. physical, verbal, online etc
b) Breakdown of the ages of the victims
c) Breakdown of ethnic backgrounds of victims
d)How many charges were made by your force?
e) Breakdown of the ages of the people charged.
Points for clarification and accuracy:
- Children refers to those under the age of 18 - if the child is under the age of 1 please provide age in months
- This is a request about racially aggravated hate crimes only - please ensure religiously aggravated offences are filtered out
- Please ensure data is provided in format of financial years (e.g. 2018/19) and not individual years (e.g. 2018)
Response:
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Q1. Please find the table below which shows the number of racial hate crimes reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023, broken down by financial year.
|
Financial Year |
Total |
|
2018/2019 |
380 |
|
2019/2020 |
423 |
|
2020/2021 |
500 |
|
2021/2022 |
662 |
|
2022/2023 |
602 |
|
Total |
2567 |
Q1a. Please find the table below the number of racial hate crimes that resulted in a charge or summons dealt with by North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year.
|
Financial year |
Charged/summonsed |
|
2018/2019 |
80 |
|
2019/2020 |
73 |
|
2020/2021 |
98 |
|
2021/2022 |
85 |
|
2022/2023 |
78 |
|
Total |
414 |
Q1b. Please find the table below the self-defined ethnicity of victims of racial hate crimes reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year.
|
Self-defined ethnicity |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
A1. Indian |
10 |
16 |
3 |
21 |
7 |
57 |
|
A2. Pakistani |
14 |
14 |
20 |
16 |
16 |
80 |
|
A3. Bangladeshi |
2 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
19 |
|
A4. Chinese |
1 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
29 |
|
A9. Any other Asian background |
16 |
17 |
15 |
21 |
21 |
90 |
|
B1. Caribbean |
4 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
11 |
44 |
|
B2. African |
12 |
6 |
10 |
17 |
9 |
54 |
|
B9. Any other Black background |
4 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
9 |
39 |
|
M1. White and Black Caribbean |
6 |
5 |
13 |
9 |
15 |
48 |
|
M2. White and Black African |
3 |
3 |
5 |
15 |
5 |
31 |
|
M3. White and Asian |
8 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
31 |
|
M9. Any other mixed |
8 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
9 |
37 |
|
Not Recorded |
153 |
179 |
217 |
230 |
258 |
1037 |
|
NS. Not stated |
45 |
29 |
43 |
71 |
94 |
282 |
|
O2. Arab |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
O9. Any other |
6 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
7 |
44 |
|
W1. British |
46 |
40 |
50 |
69 |
59 |
264 |
|
W2. Irish |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
W3. Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
28 |
28 |
35 |
66 |
49 |
206 |
|
Total |
366 |
381 |
461 |
602 |
593 |
2403 |
Q2. Please find the table below the number of racial hate crimes against children reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year.
|
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
|
Child |
58 |
42 |
62 |
64 |
118 |
344 |
Q2a. Please find the tables below the number of racial hate crimes reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023, where the victim was under the age of 18, broken down by financial year and crime type. And the number of racial hate crimes that occurred against a child via an online identifier, broken down by financial year.
|
Crime Type |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Arson & Criminal Damage |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
Burglary |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
Public Order Offences |
20 |
18 |
19 |
23 |
39 |
119 |
|
Sexual Offences |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
|
Violence Against The Person |
38 |
23 |
40 |
39 |
76 |
216 |
|
Total |
58 |
42 |
62 |
64 |
118 |
344 |
|
Online identifier |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
Child |
1 |
8 |
12 |
9 |
12 |
42 |
|
Not recorded |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
Total |
1 |
8 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
43 |
Q2b. Please find the table below the number of victims of racial hate crimes, under the age of 18 reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year and age range. I am exempting a further breakdown of ages of these individuals pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the exemption explanation below for more information.
|
Age Range |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
U10 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
34 |
|
10-14 |
32 |
18 |
28 |
32 |
60 |
170 |
|
14-17 |
21 |
19 |
24 |
26 |
50 |
140 |
|
Total |
58 |
42 |
62 |
64 |
118 |
344 |
Q2c. Please find the table below the self-defined ethnicity of victims of racial hate crimes that were under the age of 18, reported to North Yorkshire Police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year.
|
Financial Year |
||||||
|
Self-Defined Ethnicity |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
A1. Indian |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
A2. Pakistani |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
A3. Bangladeshi |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
4 |
|
|
A4. Chinese |
1 |
- |
1 |
2 |
||
|
A9. Any other Asian background |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
B1. Caribbean |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
4 |
5 |
|
B2. African |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
|
B9. Any other Black background |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
5 |
|
M1. White and Black Caribbean |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
|
M2. White and Black African |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
M3. White and Asian |
1 |
1 |
- |
3 |
3 |
8 |
|
M9. Any other mixed |
2 |
1 |
4 |
- |
4 |
11 |
|
Not Recorded |
36 |
20 |
35 |
37 |
46 |
174 |
|
NS. Not stated |
5 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
33 |
51 |
|
O2. Arab |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
|
O9. Any other |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
|
W1. British |
7 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
12 |
33 |
|
W9. Any other white background |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
15 |
|
Total |
58 |
42 |
62 |
64 |
118 |
344 |
Q2d&e. Please find the table below the number of offenders charged with racial hate crimes against a victim under the age of 18, reported to North Yorkshire police for the period 2019 to 2023 broken down by financial year and age range. I am exempting a further breakdown of ages of these individuals pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please see the exemption explanation below for more information.
|
|
Financial Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Age Range |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
Total |
|
11-20 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
|
21-30 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
31-40 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
41-50 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
50+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
Section 40 – Personal Information
I am exempting the futher breakdown of ages of these individuals pursuant to Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).
This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.
In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure. In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned.
Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights
Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.
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.