Hate Crime: Disability

(asked on 15th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported disability hate crime.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 15th July 2019

The latest official data indicates an increase in police recorded disability hate crime, which is mostly due to general police recording improvements.

The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales indicates a downward trend in overall hate crime incidence over the past decade but any instance is one too many and we stand alongside all victims of this abhorrent crime.

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