List of tables and figures
1
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2
Table 1
The five racially or religiously aggravated offences and their non-aggravated
equivalents .................................................................................................................... 3
2
Police recorded hate crime ......................................................................................... 4
Table 2
Hate crimes recorded by the police by monitored strand, 2011/12 to 2015/16 ............ 4
Figure 2.1
Number of racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police by
month, April 2013 to March 2016 .................................................................................. 6
Figure 2.2
Indexed trends in the number of assaults with/without injury, public fear, alarm
or distress (racially or religiously aggravated and non-aggravated equivalents)
offences, April 2013 to March 2016 ............................................................................... 7
Figure 2.3
Distribution of offences flagged as hate crimes, 2015/16 ............................................. 8
Figure 2.4
Breakdown of hate crimes and overall recorded crime by selected offence
types, 2015/16 ............................................................................................................... 9
Figure 2.5
Breakdown of hate crime by selected offence types and monitored strand,
2015/16 ........................................................................................................................ 10
Figure 2.6
Percentage of racially or religiously aggravated offences and their nonaggravated equivalents recorded in 2015/16 resulting in charge/summons, by
offence type ................................................................................................................ 11
Figure 2.7
Percentage of selected offences dealt with by a charge/summons, offences
recorded in 2015/16, 24 forces .................................................................................... 13
Figure 2.8
Percentage of selected offences resulting in charge/summons, by strand,
offences recorded in 2015/16, 24 forces .................................................................... 13
Figure 2.9
Median number of days taken to assign an outcome, hate crime flagged and
non-hate crime flagged offences, offences recorded in 2015/16, 24 forces .............. 14
3
Racist incidents ........................................................................................................ 16
Figure 3.1
Number of racist incidents recorded by the police (excluding British Transport
Police), England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2015/16 ...................................................... 16
Annex A
Hate crime and the EU Referendum......................................................................... 17
Figure A1
Number of racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police, 2013 to
2016 ............................................................................................................................ 18
Figure A2
Indexed trends in the number of racially or religiously aggravated offences and their
non-aggravated equivalents recorded by the police, April 2014 to August 2016 ....... 19
Figure A3
Number of racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police, 31
forces, May to Aug 2016 ............................................................................................. 20
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