There were a total of 10,484 religious hate crime offences recorded by police in the year to March, up 25% from 8,370 the previous year. Such crimes against Muslims accounted for almost two in five (38%) of all religious hate crimes in that period. “The more than doubling of reported antisemitic hate crime and the significant increase in Islamophobic hate crime are very serious. Disability hate crimes were down by almost a fifth (18%), to 11,719 from 14,285, while hate crimes against transgender people were down by 2% to 4,780 from 4,889. Race hate crimes still accounted for the majority of police-recorded hate crimes, as with previous years.

Source: The Herald October 10, 2024 17:27 UTC