FOI Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes (0211-2022/23)

Request

Please can you provide the following information in excel or csv format and for the calendar years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

1. The total number of hate crimes in the sexual orientation strand, defined as crimes “motivated by a hostility to another person's sexual orientation (or perceived sexual orientation)”
2. The number of perpetrators in each sex, broken down in the following age brackets: 0-18, 19-25, 26-29, 30-39, 40-49, over-50
3. The number of victims in each of the following age brackets: 0-18, 19-25, 26-29, 30-39, 40-49, over-50
4. The number of type 1 outcomes, defined as charge/summons
5. The number of type 14 outcomes, defined as evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action
6. The number of type 15 outcomes, defined as evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action.

Response

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I have provided the requested information below in consolidated format. I have also attached the information as requested on an excel file separate to this response.

Q1. Please see the below table for the total number of hate crimes in the sexual orientation strand, defined as crimes “motivated by a hostility to another person's sexual orientation.

North Yorkshire Police Data The total number of Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes reported to NYP between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2021.
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
Number	33	32	52	83	126	131	203	660

Q2. Please see the below table for the number of perpetrators, broken down by gender and the following age brackets: 0-18, 19-25, 26-29, 30-39, 40-49, over-50.

North Yorkshire Police Data The offender data for Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes reported to NYP between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2021.
Year	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Total
Gender	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
0-18	1	1	1	1	4	0	1	1	2	1	5	4	10	6	38
19-25	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	1	21
26-29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	6	0	3	0	21
30-39	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	4	1	4	2	22
40-49	1	0	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	4	0	22
over-50	1	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	3	4	2	0	6	0	25
Total	11	1	8	4	14	2	9	5	17	8	23	8	30	9	149

Q3. Please see the below table for the number of victims, broken down by the following age brackets: 0-18, 19-25, 26-29, 30-39, 40-49, over-50.

North Yorkshire Police Data The victim data for Sexual Orientation Hate Crimes reported to NYP between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2021.
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
0-18	2	5	10	9	24	19	40	109
19-25	11	11	11	17	33	32	34	149
26-29	2	4	4	10	19	11	15	65
30-39	12	5	9	14	21	31	33	125
40-49	6	4	8	11	17	10	36	92
over-50	1	7	8	16	6	18	28	84
Not Recorded		1	1	6	3	7	8	26
Total	34	37	51	83	123	128	194	650

Q4, 5 & 6. Please see the below table for the total number of Outcome 1, Outcome 14 and Outcome 15 for hate crimes in the sexual orientation strand as reported to North Yorkshire Police between 2015 and 2021.

Outcome 1 - Charged/Summonsed

Outcome 14 - Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified

Outcome 15 - Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action

North Yorkshire Police Data The total number of Outcomes 1, 14 and 15 for the above Hate Crime Reports for NYP between 01.01.2015 and 31.12.2021.
Year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
Outcome 1	8	11	15	10	18	22	17	101
Outcome 14	1	2	4	9	13	14	16	59
Outcome 15	5	4	11	10	14	18	21	83
Total	14	17	30	29	45	54	54	243

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