British Transport Police figures also show average of eight hate crimes are reported per dayLess than 25% of hate crime reports on UK railways lead to chargesLess than one-quarter of hate crimes reported on Britain’s railway networks since 2015 have resulted in the suspect being charged or summonsed. The details of the relatively low numbers of prosecutions or actions against reported hate crimes on the transport network comes at the end of year in which concerns have been expressed about an increase in hate crime nationally. BTP also told the Guardian there had been an 82% rise in the number of hate crimes reported using its discreet text messaging service, 61016, which launched five years ago. In the first five months of this year, there were 130 religiously motivated hate crimes reported. “The EU referendum led to a notable and worrying increase in reported hate crime, with migrant communities very often the target for abuse,” he said.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2018 15:00 UTC