FOI Islamophobia Hate Crimes (0650-2022/23)

Request

I would like to request the Freedom of Information Act detailing the number of Islamophobia and Muslim related hate crimes reported to North Yorkshire Police in the county.

Please could the response include:

Q1. The number of Islamophobic, and Muslim related hate crimes reported to police in York in the year to September 2022.
Q2. The number of these hate crimes reported across North Yorkshire in the year to September 2022.
Q3. The number of Islamophobic/Muslim hate crimes reported to police in York in the years to September 2021, September 2020, September 2019, and September 2018.
Q4. The number of this hate crime reported to police across North Yorkshire in the years to September 2021, September 2020, September 2019 and September 2018.
Q5. What were the most common types of offences reported (eg, verbal, intimidation, physical)?
Q6. What were the most common locations people said these crimes occurred in?

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. 3

Q2. 14

Q3. Please see the below for figures for York only.

• 01/10/2017 to 30/09/2018 – 15
• 01/10/2018 to 30/09/2019 – 6
• 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020 – 4
• 01/10/2020 to 30/09/2021 – 6

Q4. Please see the below for figures for North Yorkshire including York.

• 01/10/2017 to 30/09/2018 – 30
• 01/10/2018 to 30/09/2019 – 21
• 01/10/2019 to 30/09/2020 – 10
• 01/10/2020 to 30/09/2021 – 13

Q5. The most common Types of Offences reported are;

• Violence Against The Person
• Public Order Offences

Q6. A large number of the above crimes do not include information in relation to the location of the crime, this is because it is not a mandatory field. Where the location has been recorded the most common are;

• Street/Road
• Bus
• School

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.