Religious Hate Crime 2017 - 2020
Keywords
Religious; Hate; Crime; School; Muslim; Sikh; Incident; Home Office
Publication number
1154
FOI reference number
FOI 15139
Request title
Religious Hate Crime 2017 - 2020
Date range
01/04/2017 to 31/03/20
Information requested
1. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the victim was aged 15 or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
2. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q1, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
3. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q1, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
4. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
5. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
6. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
7. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
8. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q7 where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
9. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
Disclosure with exemptions
Partial. See FOI 15139 Response below.
Information correct as at
07/01/21
Date of disclosure
18/01/21
Related documents
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hate-crime-statistics
FOI 15139 response
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In respect of your enquiry:
1. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the victim was aged 15 or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
2. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q1, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
3. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q1, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
4. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
5. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
6. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Muslim and 15 years old or under, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
7. How many religious hate crimes did your force report to the Home Office where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
8. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q7 where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under, how many took place on school property in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
9. Of the religious hate crimes reported in answer to Q4 where the perceived religion of the victim was Sikh and 15 years old or under, how many of these hate crimes were reported by someone who worked at the school of the victim (eg a teacher) in the following years:
a. 2017-18
b. 2018-19
c. 2019-20
Having completed enquiries within Essex Police and in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request. Under Section 1(1)(b) the below/attached has been provided in relation to your FOI.
Please note the following:
- There is insufficient information to find out how many hate crime incident reports were being received by people working at the school of the victim. Hence, questions 3,6 and 9 of this FOI request are not answerable.
- This includes both hate crime and non-crime incidents. In which religion is recorded as a motivating factor.
- Dates: Financial years:
2017 to 2018: 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018
2018 to 2019: 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019
2019 to 2020: 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020
A total of 40 Hate crime incidents happened where the victim was aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020. Their breakdown is shown in Table 1 below:
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Religious hate crime incidents where victim was aged under 15 - From April 2017 to March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Financial Years |
Month |
Number of hate incidents |
Yearly Total |
|
2017 - 2018 |
Apr |
1 |
11 |
|
May |
0 |
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Jun |
6 |
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Jul |
2 |
||
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Aug |
0 |
||
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Sep |
0 |
||
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Oct |
0 |
||
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Nov |
1 |
||
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Dec |
0 |
||
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Jan |
0 |
||
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Feb |
0 |
||
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Mar |
1 |
||
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2018 - 2019 |
Apr |
0 |
16 |
|
May |
1 |
||
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Jun |
4 |
||
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Jul |
0 |
||
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Aug |
0 |
||
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Sep |
1 |
||
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Oct |
5 |
||
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Nov |
1 |
||
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Dec |
1 |
||
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Jan |
3 |
||
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Feb |
0 |
||
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Mar |
0 |
||
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2019 - 2020 |
Apr |
2 |
13 |
|
May |
1 |
||
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Jun |
0 |
||
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Jul |
2 |
||
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Aug |
1 |
||
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Sep |
0 |
||
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Oct |
2 |
||
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Nov |
1 |
||
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Dec |
2 |
||
|
Jan |
2 |
||
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Feb |
0 |
||
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Mar |
0 |
||
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Total |
40 |
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Table 1: Religious hate crimes reported to the home office where the victim was aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020
Of all these religious hate crimes, during this time period, 5 incidents took place on a school property. These results are shown in table 2 below:
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Religious hate crimes at school where the victim is aged 15 or under - April 2017 to March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|
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Time period |
Year and Month |
Number of religious hate crimes |
|
2017 - 2018 |
Jun-17 |
1 |
|
Jul-17 |
1 |
|
|
Nov-17 |
1 |
|
|
2018 - 2019 |
Nov-18 |
1 |
|
2019 - 2020 |
Jan-20 |
1 |
|
Total |
5 |
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Table 2: Religious hate crimes taking place at School properties reported to the home office where the victim was aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020
A total of 13 hate crime incidents happened in which the victim was a Muslim and aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020. Their breakdown is shown in Table 3 below:
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Religious hate crimes where the victim is Muslim and aged under 15 - April 2017 to March 2020 |
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|---|---|---|
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Time period |
Year and Month |
Number of religious hate crimes |
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2017 - 2018 |
Apr-17 |
1 |
|
Jun-17 |
2 |
|
|
Jul-17 |
2 |
|
|
2018 - 2019 |
Jun-18 |
1 |
|
Nov-18 |
1 |
|
|
Dec-18 |
1 |
|
|
Jan-19 |
1 |
|
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2019 - 2020 |
May-19 |
1 |
|
Oct-19 |
2 |
|
|
Jan-20 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
13 |
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Table 3: Religious hate crimes against Muslims aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020
Of these religious hate crimes, during this time period, 4 incidents took place on a school property. These results are shown in table 4 below:
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Distribution of religious hate crimes at school where the victim is aged under 15 - April 2017 to March 2020 |
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Time period |
Year and Month |
Religion of victim |
|---|---|---|
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2017 to 2018 |
Jun-17 |
Hate Incident - Religious - Muslim |
|
Jul-17 |
Hate Incident - Religious - Muslim |
|
|
2018 to 2019 |
Nov-18 |
Hate Incident - Religious - Muslim |
|
2019 to 2020 |
Jan-20 |
Hate Incident - Religious - Muslim |
Table 4: Breakdown of religious hate crimes taking place at School properties where the victim was aged 15 or under between April 2017 and March 2020
No religious hate crimes took place between April 2017 and March 2020 where the victim’s perceived religion was Sikhism and they were aged 15 or under. Consequently, no such incidents were recorded on School property either.
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