FOI Asian Hate Crimes (0088-2022/23)
Request
We seek the following information on racist hate crimes and/or hate incidents towards the following ethnic groups:
- Chinese
- East Asian
- South East Asian
- Asian
- "Oriental"
- Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, and South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Laos, Indonesia, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia and Timor-Leste
- Or any that had such appearance (set out above) (The “Relevant Groups”)
And would like data for the following years, broken down by each month:
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 (for this year, up until the FOI response date or whatever are the most recent statistics).
Request:
Provide the number of racist hate crimes and/or hate incidents reported where the victim(s) comprise of the Relevant Groups, broken down by each group where possible.
Please provide the data for my request in an Excel spreadsheet format with suggested row headings by year and month, with column headings:
- Month
- Year
- Number of hate crimes
- Number of hate incidents
- Ethnicity/ethnic appearance
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.
To obtain the following data, searches have been conducted within North Yorkshire Police systems for crimes recorded under the main 5 “hate” strands, Racial, Faith, Sexual Orientation, Transgender and Disability plus Misandry and Misogyny, as well as the self-defined ethnicity of the victims. In some instances, more than one victim is associated with the incident. As per your wishes, data is returned only for self-defined ethnicity “Chinese”, “Any other Asian background” and “White and Asian” incidents.
Provide the number of racist hate crimes and/or hate incidents reported where the victim(s) comprise of the Relevant Groups, broken down by each group where possible.
Please provide the data for my request in an Excel spreadsheet format with suggested row headings by year and month, with column headings:
- Month
- Year
- Number of hate crimes
- Number of hate incidents
- Ethnicity/ethnic appearance
Please see the below table for hate crime information relating to this request.
Table 1. North Yorkshire Police Recorded Hate Crimes broken down according to
Victims Self Defined Ethnicity
By Year/Month01.01.2019 - 04.05.2022
|
Self - Defined Ethnicity |
Chinese |
Any other Asian background |
White and Asian |
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
January |
2 |
2 |
|
|
February |
3 |
||
|
March |
1 |
3 |
|
|
April |
1 |
||
|
May |
1 |
||
|
June |
2 |
||
|
July |
3 |
2 |
|
|
September |
6 |
1 |
|
|
October |
1 |
3 |
|
|
November |
1 |
||
|
December |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
|
January |
1 |
1 |
|
|
February |
2 |
||
|
March |
1 |
||
|
May |
1 |
||
|
June |
1 |
4 |
|
|
July |
1 |
||
|
August |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
September |
2 |
||
|
October |
1 |
1 |
|
|
November |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
December |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
January |
2 |
||
|
March |
1 |
1 |
|
|
April |
1 |
1 |
|
|
June |
4 |
||
|
July |
2 |
||
|
August |
1 |
3 |
|
|
September |
2 |
3 |
|
|
October |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
December |
3 |
1 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
January |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
February |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
March |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
April |
1 |
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.