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In line with our published Revisions and Corrections policy, we have updated this statistical bulletin to incorporate revised data for Nottinghamshire Police relating to religious hate crimes for the year ending March 2023. The revision by Nottinghamshire Police means that the total number of religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending March 2023 has been revised down from 9,387 to 8,241 offences.
This means there was a 4% fall in religious hate crimes across England and Wales compared with the previous year, rather than an increase of 9% as previously stated. The associated Data and Appendix tables have also been revised.
This publication provides information on the number of hate crimes from police recorded data in England and Wales from April 2022 to March 2023. The bulletin covers the extent and trends in hate crime for all forces, with additional analysis based upon more detailed data supplied by 30 police forces on the types of offences associated with hate crime.
Hate crime is defined as any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic. There are five centrally monitored strands of hate crime:
- race or ethnicity
- religion or beliefs
- sexual orientation
- disability
- transgender identity