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

Number of hate crimes motivated by religion in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, by offence type
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The data depicts the number of religiously motivated hate crimes in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, sorted by offence type. The highest numbers of hate crimes related to religion were public order offences and the subsequent lower number of crimes were recorded as violent crimes, of which only a fraction resulted in the victim's injury.

Public order offences 2207 3077
Violence against the person without injury 1171 1558
Criminal damage and arson 619 688
Violence against the person with injury 265 308
Other notifiable offences 138 318