If you have been bullied, assaulted, harassed or verbally abused because you are different, then you may have been a victim of hate crime.
A Hate Crime is any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; person’s disability or perceived disability or against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.
A Hate Incident is any non-crime incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; person’s disability or perceived disability or against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.
ALL hate crimes are hate incidents BUT NOT all hate incidents amount to a crime.
How to report hate crime
If you have witnessed or been a victim of hate crime you must report it. This can be done in a number of ways:
- Report online through our online reporting site or through True Vision
- Call us on 101 or in an emergency dial 999.
- Call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
- In person at your local police station.