Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2015/16
Figure 2.9 shows the median number of days taken to assign an outcome to selected hate crime
flagged and non-hate crime offences. The median number of days taken to assign an outcome to
criminal damage and arson hate crime offences was 27 days, compared with 14 days for non-hate
crime flagged criminal damage and arson. Similarly, it took longer to assign an outcome to violence
against the person hate crime offences (median=33 days) than to non-hate crime flagged violent
offences (median=25 days). There was little difference in the median time taken to assign outcomes to
public order offences.
Figure 2.9: Median number of days taken to assign an outcome, hate crime flagged and nonhate crime flagged offences, offences recorded in 2015/16, 24 forces
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Median number of days
30
33
27
26
25
24
25
20
15
14
10
5
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Criminal Damage and Arson
Public order offences
Hate crime flagged
Violence against the person
Non-hate crime flagged
Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office Data Hub
2.4 TRANSFERRED OR CANCELLED RECORDS
A transferred or cancelled record occurs when the police record an offence, but subsequently
determine that the crime did not take place, was recorded in error or should be transferred to another
force. Cases where an incident was not recorded as a crime in the first place are not included.
Offences may be transferred or cancelled in one of the following situations:
1. Transferred: Crime committed outside the jurisdiction of the police force in which it was
recorded – passed to the appropriate force.
2. Cancelled: Additional verifiable information that determines that no notifiable crime occurred
becomes available.
3. Cancelled: Duplicate record or part of a crime already recorded.
4. Cancelled: Crime recorded in error.
5. Cancelled: Self defence claimed (for specific recorded assaults).
Transferred or cancelled records are always recorded in the same financial year as the offence that
was originally recorded. So if, for example, an offence was recorded in January and then subsequently
transferred or cancelled in the next financial year (e.g. May), the transferred or cancelled record will be
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