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Racist hate crimes in England and Wales, by offence type 2015-2017

Number of hate crimes motivated by race in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, by offence type

The data depicts the number of hate crimes due to racism in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2016, sorted by offence type. The most racial related hate crimes were public order offences and the subsequent lower number of crimes was recorded as violent crimes, of which less than half resulted in the victim's injury.

Violence against the person with injury 4087 4750
Violence against the person without injury 11451 14145
Public order offences 29249 37571
Criminal damage and arson 3216 3873
Other notifiable offences 1416 2346