The majority of hate crime offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales were racial – 78,991 – which increased by 11% in the past year. Anti-Muslim hate crimes soar in UK after Christchurch shootings Read moreTransgender identity hate crimes – the least commonly recorded hate crime in 42 of 44 forces – increased by 37% to 2,333 last year. Hate crimes in England and Wales Hate crimes in England and WalesJust under half (47%) of religious hate crime offences were targeted against Muslim people (3,530 offences), a similar proportion to last year. However, hate crimes against Jewish people more than doubled, with 18% of religious hate crime offences targeting Jewish people (1,326 offences), compared with 672 in the previous year. There were 103,379 hate crimes offences recorded by police last year, the majority of which (76%) were race related.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2019 10:23 UTC