FOI York Hate Crimes (853-2023/24)
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Hate Crime Statistics for the City of York during the period from 1 November 2022 October until 31 October 2023.
Q1. Total Number of Hate Crimes recorded in the City of York during the period
Q2. Breakdown of Hate Crimes recorded in the City of York during the period - i.e., by category - race, sexual orientation, disability, misogyny/misandry etc.
Q3. Any available information regarding the concentration of hate crime incidents in the City of York during the period - e.g.,Months in which the most hate crime incidents were recorded.
Q4. Certain parts of the city in which the most hate crime incidents have been recorded.
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Q1 & Q2. Please see the table below which details the number of hate crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 November 2022 to 31 October 2023 within the City of York, broken down by hate crime strand.
|
Hate Crime Strand |
Count |
|
Disability |
38 |
|
Disability;Domestic |
1 |
|
Disability;Gender |
2 |
|
Gender;Misogyny |
7 |
|
Homophobic |
76 |
|
Homophobic;Disability |
3 |
|
Homophobic;Domestic |
1 |
|
Homophobic;Misogyny |
1 |
|
Homophobic;Police officer |
4 |
|
Homophobic;Transphobic |
8 |
|
Misogyny |
5 |
|
Racial |
189 |
|
Racial;Disability |
1 |
|
Racial;Domestic |
5 |
|
Racial;Homophobic |
5 |
|
Racial;Misogyny |
1 |
|
Racial;Police officer |
4 |
|
Racial;Transphobic |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Christian;Disability |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish |
5 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Jewish;Racial |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti Muslim;Racial |
1 |
|
Religion or belief - Anti other |
1 |
|
Transphobic |
12 |
|
Total |
374 |
Q3. Please see the table below which details the number of hate crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 November 2022 to 31 October 2023 within the City of York, broken down by month.
|
Month |
Count |
|
November |
26 |
|
December |
19 |
|
January |
31 |
|
February |
23 |
|
March |
32 |
|
April |
16 |
|
May |
38 |
|
June |
39 |
|
July |
38 |
|
August |
33 |
|
September |
45 |
|
October |
34 |
|
Total |
374 |
Q4. Please see the table below which details the number of hate crimes recorded by North Yorkshire Police from 01 November 2022 to 31 October 2023 within the City of York, broken down by area within York.
|
Area |
Count |
|
Acomb |
15 |
|
Clifton |
31 |
|
Derwent |
2 |
|
Dringhouses and Woodthorpe |
8 |
|
Fishergate |
18 |
|
Fulford |
5 |
|
Guildhall Inner (NYP) |
88 |
|
Haxby and Wigginton |
7 |
|
Heslington & University (NYP) |
7 |
|
Heworth |
24 |
|
Holgate |
20 |
|
Hull Road (NYP) |
17 |
|
Huntington and New Earswick |
21 |
|
Micklegate Inner (NYP) |
9 |
|
Micklegate Outer (NYP) |
34 |
|
Osbaldwick |
2 |
|
Rural West York |
3 |
|
Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without |
8 |
|
Strensall |
5 |
|
The Groves (NYP) |
10 |
|
Westfield |
40 |
|
Total |
374 |
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.