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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 995-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 14th November 2024 as follows:
Q1. Please can you provide an annual breakdown of non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) recorded for each year from 2014 (or earliest possible year) to 2024. For 2024, please provide up until the date of response.
Q2. Please can you provide an annual breakdown of the NCHIs recorded for each year from 2014 (or earliest possible year) to 2024 by characteristic (i.e. religion, race etc.). For 2024, please provide up until the date of response.
Due to changes in systems the requested information is not available prior to October 2017; therefore, the data is provided for the calendar years 2018 onwards, up to the date of the request. Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Q1 response: When reviewing the information, please consider that it was obtained following a search for all Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs) recorded from 1st January 2018 to 14th November 2024.
Non-Crime Hate Incidents |
|
Year |
Total |
2018 |
129 |
2019 |
125 |
2020 |
129 |
2021 |
128 |
2022 |
90 |
2023 |
59 |
2024 |
75 |
Grand Total |
735 |
*Up to 14th November 2024
Q2 response:
Characteristic |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Total |
Hate Incident - Age |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Hate Incident - Alternative Sub-culture |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Hate Incident - Disability |
14 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
25 |
8 |
9 |
135 |
Hate Incident - Homophobic |
11 |
15 |
22 |
19 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
92 |
Hate Incident - Racial |
96 |
68 |
72 |
65 |
52 |
26 |
53 |
432 |
Hate Incident - Religious |
4 |
9 |
4 |
7 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
38 |
Hate Incident - Transgender |
4 |
8 |
3 |
10 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
35 |
Grand Total |
129 |
125 |
129 |
128 |
90 |
59 |
75 |
735 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible. However, it is important to note that the data is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system and care should be taken to ensure data collection processes, and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
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