England & Wales Witness Rise in Religious Hate Crimes
Religious hate crimes rose 3% to 7,164 offences, driven by a 19% increase in anti-Muslim attacks linked to far-right violence after the Southport murders, Home Office data shows.
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Home Office releases updated hate crime stats– but they don't tell the full story
The number of anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales have marginally decreased, but they are still not figures to celebrate. Home Office figures published on Thursday (9 October) show in the year ending March 2025 there were a total of 115,990 hate crime offences, up from 113,166 the year previous year, which marks a two per cent increase. Notably, these figures exclude the Met Police due to a change in the way in which …
According to the British Home Office, Jews suffered the highest rate of religious hate crimes in England and Wales from the beginning of the year to March.
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