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Racial hate crimes in England and Wales 2016-2017, by region

Number of racially motivated hate crimes in England and Wales from April 2016 to March 2017, by region

This chart shows racially motivated hate crimes sorted by region in England and Wales from April 2016 to March 2017. While the fewest racially motivated hate crimes were recorded in the East Midlands and Wales, the most by a distance occurred in London, followed by the North West, where little more than half of the number of crimes in London happened.

London 16016
North West 8409
South East 7078
West Midlands 6290
Yorkshire and the Humber 6275
East of England 4845
South West 3835
East of England 3359
East Midlands 3012
North East 2581
East Midlands 2404
Wales 2080