Hate Crime
What is a 'hate crime'?
A hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.
What is a 'hate incident'?
A hate incident is any incident which doesn't meet the criminal threshold, which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.
How does hate crime affect refugees?
Race and religious hate crime are the two categories of hate crime most likely to affect refugees and people seeking asylum
Race hate crime includes crime motivated by xenophobia (e.g. targeting someone because they are a migrant)
Race hate crime accounts for 70% of all hate crime (101,906 offences in England and Wales in 2022/23)
Religious hate crime increased by 9% last year (9,387 offences in England and Wales in 2022/23)
Wider political, social or global events can trigger an increase in hate crime and hate incidents
Where can I get support?
Devon and Cornwall Police: Report hate crime
Report anti-Muslim hate or Islamophobia: Tell MAMA
Find local support: Cornwall Islamic Community Centre
Report anti-Jewish hate or anti-Semitism: Community Security Trust
Find local support: Kehillat Kernow
Support for race hate crime:
On Your Side (for East and South East Asian communities)
Hate is never OK and no one should ever have to 'just put up with it'.