Statistics released by the Home Office have revealed that hate crime has hit its highest level on record with 105,090 hate crimes recorded in 2019/20, up 8% compared with 97,446 offences in 2018/19.
To see the statistics in full, CLICK HEREThe figures show that hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation increased by the largest percentage of any group – 19% from 13,314 incidents to 15,835 – while hate crimes against people who identify as transgender increased by 16% to 2,540, disability hate crimes increased by 9% to 8,469, and racially-motivated offences increased by more than 4,000 in a year to 76,070.