discrimination, harassment or abuse in Hate crime, discrimination, the previous 12 months. The incidence harassment and abuse of discrimination, harassment or abuse In Wales and England there was a was much higher amongst some groups decrease in the number of hate crimes of people than others. reported to, and recorded by, the experiences were reported by: police between 2008/09 and 2012/13. The number of hate crimes motivated one in five people from an ethnic by disability, religion or transgender minority reported to the police increased. one in five people from a religious In Wales, just over three-quarters minority of the 1,810 hate crimes reported to one in ten young people Welsh police forces in 2012/13 were racially motivated (Home Office, Office one in ten disabled people for National Statistics and Ministry for one in ten people who have never Justice, 2013) with Black people being worked or who are long-term most likely to be the victim. Hate crime unemployed. motived by sexual orientation was the second most commonly reported hate The proportion of British people who crime (235 reports), followed by those believe that sex relations are motivated by disability (135). Hate crime ‘same always wrong’ has decreased from motived by religion accounted for a relatively small number of hate crimes 64% in 1987 to 22% in 2012 (NatCen, reported to police in Wales (just 39 in 2014). 2012/13). However, British data suggests that In England and there is a rising LGBT people, and Gypsies, Roma incidence of Islamophobic and anti- and Travellers experience stigma (Fundamental Rights Agency, Semitic hate crime. 2014; The number of convictions for hate crime Pew Research Centre, 2014). Disability- in Wales and England has increased, related harassment remains a serious with increased convictions occurring for problem with significant impact on all motivations of the crime. everyday life, as highlighted by the Pilkington inquiry (IPCC, 2009) and the In 7% of adults aged 16 and Commission’s Inquiry in Plain ‘Hidden over reported experiencing Sight’ (EHRC, 2011).
Hate crime, discrimination, harassment and abuse In Wales and England there was a decrease in the number of hate crimes reported to, and recorded by, the police between 2008/09 and 2012/13. The number of hate crimes motivated by disability, religion or transgender reported to the police increased. In Wales, just over three-quarters of the 1,810 hate crimes reported to Welsh police forces in 2012/13 were racially motivated (Home Office, Office for National Statistics and Ministry for Justice, 2013) with Black people being most likely to be the victim. Hate crime motived by sexual orientation was the second most commonly reported hate crime (235 reports), followed by those motivated by disability (135). Hate crime motived by religion accounted for a relatively small number of hate crimes reported to police in Wales (just 39 in 2012/13). In England and there is a rising incidence of Islamophobic and anti- Semitic hate crime. The number of convictions for hate crime in Wales and England has increased, with increased convictions occurring for all motivations of the crime. In 7% of adults aged 16 and over reported experiencing discrimination, harassment or abuse in the previous 12 months. The incidence of discrimination, harassment or abuse was much higher amongst some groups of people than others. experiences were reported by: one in five people from an ethnic minority one in five people from a religious minority one in ten young people one in ten disabled people one in ten people who have never worked or who are long-term unemployed. The proportion of British people who believe that ‘same sex relations are always wrong’ has decreased from 64% in 1987 to 22% in 2012 (NatCen, 2014). However, British data suggests that LGBT people, and Gypsies, Roma and Travellers experience stigma (Fundamental Rights Agency, 2014; Pew Research Centre, 2014). Disability- related harassment remains a serious problem with significant impact on everyday life, as highlighted by the Pilkington inquiry (IPCC, 2009) and the Commission’s Inquiry ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ (EHRC, 2011).
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