FOI 0783-2023/24- Religious hate crimes
Request:
Q1. The number of religious hate crimes recorded in October 2023, October 2022, October 2021, October 2020, October 2019 and October 2018.
Q2. The number of religious hate crimes by in each October listed above, split by perceived religion of the victim (such as Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, other, no religion, unknown)
Q3. The total number of religious hate crimes recorded in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and between Jan-Oct 2023, as well as those totals split by the perceived religion of the victim (such as Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, other, no religion, unknown).
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the total number of religious hate crimes recorded for the month of October between 2018 and 2023.
|
October |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Religious hate crimes |
5 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
19 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of religious hate crimes where a victim is linked, for the month of October for the years requested, broken down by the victims religion and by calendar year.
|
Religion |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Muslim |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
Not Recorded |
5 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
|
Roman Catholic |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
16 |
Q3. Please see the table below the total number of religious hate crimes recorded for the period between 2019 to 2023, broken down by hate crime strand and calendar year.
|
Hate Crime Strand |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Christian |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Hindu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish |
7 |
17 |
10 |
12 |
7 |
16 |
69 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim |
29 |
18 |
11 |
8 |
15 |
8 |
89 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti other |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Sikh |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - No religion |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Religion or belief - Unknown |
8 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
28 |
|
Total |
49 |
47 |
33 |
27 |
33 |
34 |
223 |
Q3. Please see the table below showing the total number of religious hate crimes where a victim is linked, for the period between 2019 and 2023, broken down by victims religion and calendar year.
|
Religion |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Atheist |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Christian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Church of England |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Jehovah's Witness |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Jewish |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Muslim |
4 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
22 |
|
Not Recorded |
30 |
32 |
16 |
15 |
24 |
18 |
135 |
|
Pagan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Quaker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Roman Catholic |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Total |
37 |
36 |
28 |
23 |
31 |
24 |
179 |
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