Hate Crime
What is Hate Crime?
Any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s actual or perceived:
- race
- religion or belief
- physical or sensory disability
- learning disability or mental health
- age
- gender
- sexual orientation
- gender identity
Actual or perceived hate crime experiences can include:
- verbal abuse
- threats
- insults
- nuisance telephone calls
- name-calling and every other form of verbal harassment
- physical assaults and physical violence varying from pushing to serious attacks
- attacks against someone's property, insulting graffiti, vandalism, breaking windows, theft, damaging cars and arson
- publishing and disseminating material such as newspapers and leaflets which could be likely to motivate hate crime
If you are a victim of Hate Crime, it is important that you:
- Recognise that it is happening to you
- Accept that you are not to blame
- Tell someone that you trust and never be afraid to ask
Reporting Hate Crime
You can report a hate crime through: