Hate Crime - Racially Motivated - Ward and Ethnicity - 2012 to 2017
Keywords
Racist, Incidents, Racially, Motivated, Hate, Crimes, Wards, Geographic, Neighbourhood, Postcode, Census, Output, Area, Yearly, Quarterly, Ethnicity, Victim, Location, Offences.
Publication Number
PUB 1388
FOI Reference Number
16313
Request Title
Hate Crime - Racially Motivated - Ward and Ethnicity - 2012 to 2017
Date Range
January 2012 to March 2017
Information Requested
1) A summary of the number of ‘racist incidents’ and ‘racially motivated hate crimes’ taking place in each of the wards inside your police force area (or, if that is not possible, another small geographic area, such as policing neighbourhood, postcode or census output area). I am seeking minimally yearly data for these categories from January 2012 to March 2017, though quarterly data are preferred if possible.
2) If information about the ethnicity of the victim is available, please provide a breakdown of the same information (number of ‘racist incidents’ and ‘racially motivated hate crimes’ by ward by quarter or year from January 2012 to March 2017) by ethnicity of the victim.
Disclosure with Exemptions
Full Disclosure
Information Correct as at
17 February 2022
Date of Disclosure
23 February 2022
Related Documents/Links
FOI 16313 Response
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request. Under Section 1(1)(b) the below and attached have been provided in relation to your request:
Caveats:
The data is correct as at 17 February 2022.
The Home Office Classification of ‘NC/10’ was used to bring back all relevant Hate Crime Offences and Records.
The data for Hate Incidents and Hate Crimes is only available from 01 April 2015 onwards. Therefore, no results are available for the period from 01 January 2012 to 31 March 2015.
Date Period: 01 April 2015 to 31 March 2017.
A total of 744 Racist Hate Incidents took place in each of the Wards across Essex from April 2015 to March 2017. The breakdown of these volumes by year and quarter are given below:
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Racist Hate Incidents - April 2015 to March 2017 |
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Created Year |
Quarter |
Number of Incidents |
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2015 |
2 |
112 |
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2015 |
3 |
73 |
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2015 |
4 |
92 |
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2016 |
1 |
95 |
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2016 |
2 |
98 |
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2016 |
3 |
122 |
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2016 |
4 |
73 |
|
2017 |
1 |
79 |
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Total |
744 |
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The breakdown of these volumes by Location Ward from April 2015 to March 2017 is shown in the data table in the attached spreadsheet.
A total of 2,330 Racist Hate Crimes took place in each of the Wards across Essex from April 2015 to March 2017. The breakdown of these volumes by year and quarter are given below:
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Racist Hate Crimes - April 2015 to March 2017 |
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Created Year |
Quarter |
Number of Crimes |
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2015 |
2 |
205 |
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2015 |
3 |
230 |
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2015 |
4 |
241 |
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2016 |
1 |
226 |
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2016 |
2 |
313 |
|
2016 |
3 |
458 |
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2016 |
4 |
321 |
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2017 |
1 |
336 |
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Total |
2330 |
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The breakdown of these volumes by Location Ward from April 2015 to March 2017 is shown in the data table in the attached spreadsheet.
A total of 664 victims of Racist Hate Incidents were recorded across Essex from April 2015 to March 2017. The breakdown of these volumes by victim ethnicities and yearly quarter are presented in the data table in the attached spreadsheet.
A total of 2,213 victims of Racist Hate Crimes were recorded across Essex from April 2015 to March 2017. The breakdown of these volumes by victim ethnicities and yearly quarter are presented in the data table in the attached spreadsheet.
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