Hate Crimes at record high, new figures from Home Office reveal.
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.
