Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crimes were reported in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
The Home Office receives information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police at the police force area level. Data are therefore available for Lancashire and for the aggregated forces in the North West and are on a financial year basis for the three years, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14. The available information is shown in the table below.
Number of hate crimes recorded by the police in Lancashire and the North East, 2011/12 to 2013/14 | ||||
Numbers | England and Wales, recorded crime1 | |||
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | ||
Lancashire | 971 | 777 | 1,027 | |
North West | 6,578 | 5,962 | 6,783 | |
Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office | ||||
1. Figures for 2011/12 relate to the total number of motivating factors in hate crimes. Some hate crimes will involve more than one motivating factor. Figures for 2012/13 and 2013/14 relate to the number of offences that were hate crimes, rather than the number of motivting factors. | ||||