FOI Non Crime Hate Incidents (0480-2022/23)
Request
1. Provide how many non-crime hate incidents that were logged by your force in the following years: 2021
2. In relation to the non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2019 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents fell into each of the categories of:
A) Race.
B) Religion.
C) Sexual orientation.
D) Disability.
E) Transgender identity.
3. In relation to the non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2020 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents fell into each of the categories of:
A) Race.
B) Religion.
C) Sexual orientation.
D) Disability.
E) Transgender identity.
4. In relation to the non-crime hate incidents recorded in 2021 please can you provide a breakdown for how many of the incidents fell into each of the categories of:
A) Race.
B) Religion.
C) Sexual orientation.
D) Disability.
E) Transgender identity.
Response
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Q1. North Yorkshire Police recorded 215 Non crime hate incidents in 2021.
Q2-4. Please see the below table which shows the number of non crime hate incidents recorded by North Yorkshire Police in 2019, 2020 and 2021 broeken down by category.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Total |
|
Race |
79 |
117 |
94 |
290 |
|
Religion |
13 |
7 |
11 |
31 |
|
Sexual Orientation |
30 |
18 |
34 |
82 |
|
Disability |
31 |
19 |
40 |
90 |
|
Transgender Identity |
8 |
9 |
10 |
27 |
|
Other |
11 |
8 |
26 |
45 |
|
Total |
172 |
178 |
215 |
565 |
Please note that some of the above incidents reach across a number of hate crime predjudices and therefore may fit in to one or more of the categories mentioned. I have however taken the primary prejudice for the purposes of this 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.