Top police officer talks of Brexit and hate crime spike 'correlation'
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said there was a correlation between the rise in reports and major national and international issues.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, the police officer also condemned those carrying out attacks in the aftermath of the EU referendum.
“We also accept that the spike that occurred after the referendum that there would have been increased incidents of this type of behaviour and we have seen this occur in correlation with national or international issues,” he said.
He then drew on previous instances where the number of hate crime incidents recorded shot up because of political issues.