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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: FOI 678-2021
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 4th August 2021 as follows:
I seek the following information on racist hate crimes towards the following ethnic groups:
- Chinese
- East Asian
- South East Asian
- Asian
- "Oriental"
- Or any that had such appearance (set out above)
(The “Relevant Groups”)
And would like data for the following years, broken down by each month:
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021 (up until the FOI response date or whatever are the most recent statistics).
1.) Provide the number of racist hate crimes reported where the victim(s) comprise of the Relevant Groups, broken down by each group where possible.
2.) Please if you have such data, could you also provide us with any additional breakdown of where Coronavirus was mentioned or where it was the motivator of the racist hate crime.
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay in providing the response to your request and for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: When reviewing the information set out below, please note that it was obtained by searching for all crimes recorded between 01/01/2019 and 14/09/2021 where the offence had a Racial or Religious hate crime keyword or a Racial/Religious Hate Incident as an Included Classification, or the offence title is related to Race or Religion (eg. Racially aggravated assault) and where the victim ethnicity is classed as ‘A9’, or ‘Asian – Any other background’, or ‘Chinese, Japanese, or Any Other South East Asian’.
However, it must be noted that of the total racial hate offences during the stated period, 555 do not do not have ethnicity recorded; therefore the figures provided must be treated with caution.
Q1 response:
2019
Feb – 3
Mar – 1
Sep – 2
Nov – 1
2020
Mar – 1
Aug – 1
Sep – 1
2021 (to 14/09)
Feb – 1
Apr – 1
May – 2
Q2 response: I can advise that the MO Description of the above records were examined in order to ascertain whether Covid-19 was a factor and there were two, one in 2020 and another in 2021.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB