Hate Crime
(asked on 2nd July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of reports categorised by police forces in England of (1) antisemitic, and (2) Islamophobic, hate crimes in each of the last 3 years.
The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion. In the year ending March 2025, the police recorded 2,783 religious hate crimes targeted at Jewish people and 4,478 targeted at Muslims.
Due to a change in IT system, data for the Metropolitan Police Service are not comparable over the last three years. Excluding data from this force, the table below shows the number of offences over the last three years:
Number of hate crimes recorded by the police, by perceived religion, England and Wales, excluding Metropolitan Police | |||
Perceived religion of the victim | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Jewish | 1,172 | 2,093 | 1,715 |
Muslim | 2,661 | 2,690 | 3,199 |