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Request:
Q1. I am seeking information on all hate crime offences or non-crime hate incidents that occurred in your jurisdiction.
Q2. In particular, I'd like a most extensive possible excel spreadsheet containing the most precise possible location, time, and type of any racially and religously aggravated crimes that occurred in 2023.
For example, I would appreciate a list of the date, ward, and motivating factor (Race/Religion/Sexual orientation/Disability/Transgender) for all aggravated offences you have information of that occurred in 2023, if this is the most disaggregated format and widest temporal scope you can feasibly offer. If you can offer more detail, such as more exact motivating factor (i.e. over jewish/muslim background if religion) or more extensive data (beyond 2023) please do so.
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of hate crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by hate crime strand.
Calendar Year |
|
Hate Crime Strand |
2023 |
Racial |
583 |
Homophobic |
191 |
Disability |
85 |
Transphobic |
28 |
Misogyny |
18 |
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish |
15 |
Racial;Police officer |
14 |
Racial;Domestic |
13 |
Homophobic;Transphobic |
12 |
Gender;Misogyny |
10 |
Racial;Homophobic |
9 |
Homophobic;Domestic |
8 |
Disability;Domestic |
7 |
Homophobic;Disability |
7 |
Homophobic;Police officer |
6 |
Religion or belief - Anti Christian |
4 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim |
3 |
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish;Racial |
3 |
Disability;Gender |
3 |
Disability;Vulnerable adult |
3 |
Religion or belief - Unknown;Racial |
2 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Racial |
2 |
Homophobic;Misogyny |
2 |
Racial;Disability |
2 |
Racial;Misogyny |
2 |
Racial;Refugee |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Racial;Domestic |
1 |
Racial;Gender |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Christian;Homophobic |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Racial;Refugee |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Christian;Religion or belief - Anti Muslim |
1 |
Religion or belief - Unknown;Racial;Gender |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Hindu |
1 |
Misandry |
1 |
Police officer;Misogyny |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Racial;Police officer |
1 |
Racial;Homophobic;Police officer |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti other |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish;Racial;Domestic |
1 |
Religion or belief - Unknown;Racial;Disability |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish;Racial;Homophobic |
1 |
Racial;Transphobic |
1 |
Racial;Disability;Domestic |
1 |
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Homophobic |
1 |
Total |
1051 |
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of hate crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by crime type.
Calendar Year |
|
Crime Type |
2023 |
Arson & Criminal Damage |
51 |
Burglary |
3 |
Fraud |
1 |
Misc Crimes Against Society |
1 |
Possession Of Weapons |
1 |
Public Order Offences |
525 |
Robbery |
1 |
Sexual Offences |
7 |
Theft: All Other Theft |
3 |
Violence Against The Person |
458 |
Total |
1051 |
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of hate crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by MO location.
Calendar Year |
|
Location |
2023 |
Army |
1 |
Bakery |
1 |
Bank |
2 |
Beach |
2 |
Beauty spot |
1 |
Betting shop |
1 |
Building site |
1 |
Bus station |
1 |
Bus stop |
1 |
Bus/coach |
11 |
Café |
1 |
Car |
2 |
Car park (open air) |
4 |
Care establishment other |
16 |
Cemetery |
1 |
Childrens home |
1 |
Church/religious building |
4 |
Cinema/theatre |
1 |
Club licenced |
11 |
College |
1 |
Convenience store |
6 |
Department store |
1 |
Emergency service building |
15 |
Fast food |
23 |
Field |
1 |
Flat |
15 |
Footpath/bridleway |
1 |
Gambling/gaming place |
1 |
Government building |
1 |
Haulage company |
1 |
Hospital |
18 |
Hostel |
1 |
Hotel/motel |
17 |
House |
58 |
Industrial estate |
1 |
Leisure/swimming centre |
4 |
Local authority building |
2 |
Market |
1 |
Mental health unit |
6 |
Museum/gallery |
3 |
Not Recorded |
417 |
Off licence |
1 |
Office |
1 |
Other (commercial) |
3 |
Other (dwelling) |
1 |
Other (hospitality) |
1 |
Other (moving vehicle) |
1 |
Other (public building) |
6 |
Other (shop) |
5 |
Other open space |
3 |
Park/garden |
18 |
Pavement |
22 |
Petrol station |
5 |
Pharmacy |
1 |
Phone shop |
2 |
Post office |
1 |
Prison |
2 |
Public house |
22 |
Public toilet |
1 |
Restaurant |
8 |
Retail park/shopping centre |
1 |
School |
43 |
Skate park/BMX |
1 |
Street/road |
206 |
Supermarket |
13 |
Surgery/health centre |
1 |
Taxi |
6 |
Theme park |
1 |
Tip/recycling centre |
1 |
Touring caravan/motor home |
1 |
Town centre |
4 |
University |
5 |
Van |
2 |
Waste ground |
1 |
Wine bar |
4 |
Total |
1051 |
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of hate crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by district.
Calendar Year |
|
District |
2023 |
Craven District Council |
44 |
Hambleton District Council |
61 |
Harrogate Borough Council |
168 |
Richmondshire District Council |
24 |
Ryedale District Council |
49 |
Scarborough Borough council |
225 |
Selby District Council |
78 |
Unallocated |
3 |
York City Council |
399 |
Total |
1051 |
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of non-crime hate incidents recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by prejudice type.
Prejudice Type |
Total |
Prejudice - Racial |
52 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation |
18 |
Prejudice - Disability |
16 |
Prejudice - Racial;Youth related |
10 |
Prejudice - Gender |
6 |
Prejudice - Religion/faith |
6 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Other public agency/police force dealing |
4 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Mental health |
3 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Youth related |
3 |
Prejudice - Transgender |
3 |
Prejudice - Racial;Youth related;Other public agency/police force dealing |
3 |
Prejudice - Racial;Mental health |
3 |
Mental health;Prejudice - Racial |
2 |
Prejudice - Racial;Vulnerable adult |
2 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Prejudice - Transgender |
2 |
Alcohol;Prejudice - Sexual orientation |
2 |
Prejudice - Racial;Youth related;Mental health |
2 |
Alcohol;Prejudice - Racial |
2 |
Prejudice - Age |
2 |
Prejudice - Racial;Other public agency/police force dealing |
2 |
Prejudice - Racial;Prejudice - Religion/faith |
2 |
Prejudice - Racial;Other public agency/police force dealing;Mental health |
2 |
Prejudice - Religion/faith;Honour based incident |
1 |
Alcohol;Prejudice - Racial;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Other public agency/police force dealing |
1 |
Prejudice - Gender;Prejudice - Transgender;Youth related |
1 |
Domestic abuse;Prejudice - Sexual orientation |
1 |
Alcohol;Prejudice - Disability;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Youth related;Mental health;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Persistent caller;Mental health |
1 |
Prejudice - Sexual orientation;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Racial;Mental health;Prejudice - Gender |
1 |
Prejudice - Transgender;Other public agency/police force dealing |
1 |
Prejudice - Racial;Mental health;Youth related |
1 |
Mental health;Prejudice - Age |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Prejudice - Gender;Mental health |
1 |
Prejudice - Religion/faith;Prejudice - Transgender |
1 |
Prejudice - Transgender;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Other public agency/police force dealing;Prejudice - Racial |
1 |
Youth related;Other public agency/police force dealing;Prejudice - Age |
1 |
Prejudice - Gender;Mental health |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Age;Prejudice - Gender;Prejudice - Racial |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Youth related |
1 |
Prejudice - Transgender;Mental health |
1 |
Domestic abuse;Prejudice - Disability |
1 |
Prejudice - Gender;Prejudice - Sexual orientation |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Youth related;Mental health |
1 |
Prejudice - Disability;Mental health;Vulnerable adult |
1 |
Prejudice - Racial;Prejudice - Age |
1 |
Total |
175 |
Q1. Please see the table below showing the total amount of non-crime hate incidents recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by district.
District |
Total |
Craven District Council |
15 |
Hambleton District Council |
16 |
Harrogate Borough Council |
27 |
Richmondshire District Council |
4 |
Ryedale District Council |
4 |
Scarborough Borough council |
34 |
Selby District Council |
12 |
Unallocated |
5 |
York City Council |
58 |
Total |
175 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total amount of racially or religiously aggravated crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by crime type.
Crime Type |
Total |
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Criminal Damage |
24 |
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Assault With Injury |
22 |
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Assault Without Injury |
58 |
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Harassment |
49 |
Racially Or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm Or Distress |
328 |
Total |
481 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total amount of racially or religiously aggravated crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by district
District |
Total |
Craven District Council |
22 |
Hambleton District Council |
19 |
Harrogate Borough Council |
89 |
Richmondshire District Council |
7 |
Ryedale District Council |
14 |
Scarborough Borough council |
105 |
Selby District Council |
28 |
Unallocated |
1 |
York City Council |
196 |
Total |
481 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total amount of racially or religiously aggravated crimes recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, broken down by MO location.
MO Location |
Total |
Army |
1 |
Bank |
2 |
Beach |
2 |
Beauty spot |
1 |
Bus station |
1 |
Bus/coach |
3 |
Café |
1 |
Car |
1 |
Car park (open air) |
1 |
Care establishment other |
10 |
Cemetery |
1 |
Childrens home |
1 |
Church/religious building |
4 |
Cinema/theatre |
1 |
Club licenced |
6 |
Convenience store |
4 |
Emergency service building |
11 |
Fast food |
9 |
Field |
1 |
Flat |
10 |
Footpath/bridleway |
1 |
Gambling/gaming place |
1 |
Hospital |
14 |
Hotel/motel |
7 |
House |
16 |
Industrial estate |
1 |
Leisure/swimming centre |
1 |
Mental health unit |
5 |
Museum/gallery |
1 |
Not Recorded |
177 |
Off licence |
1 |
Other (commercial) |
2 |
Other (hospitality) |
1 |
Other (moving vehicle) |
1 |
Other (public building) |
4 |
Other (shop) |
3 |
Other open space |
1 |
Park/garden |
10 |
Pavement |
8 |
Petrol station |
2 |
Pharmacy |
1 |
Phone shop |
2 |
Post office |
1 |
Prison |
1 |
Public house |
8 |
Restaurant |
2 |
Retail park/shopping centre |
1 |
School |
24 |
Skate park/BMX |
1 |
Street/road |
92 |
Supermarket |
9 |
Taxi |
4 |
Town centre |
2 |
University |
2 |
Van |
1 |
Wine bar |
2 |
Total |
481 |
I am exempting providing you with the the wards and specific dates of which these crimes occurred pursuant to Section 40(2) Freedom of Information Act (the Act). This is to ensure anonymity for those involved in each case.
Furthermore, I have disassociated the tables pursuant to section 40(2) – Personal Information. This is to refrain from particular incidents becoming identifiable and consequently the personal details of any persons involved being disclosed. Please see the exemption explanation below.
Exemption Explanation
Section 40 – Personal Information
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.