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

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

This chart shows hate crimes motivated by a person's disability sorted by region in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2016. While the fewest hate crimes were recorded in the West Midlands, the most by a distance occurred in the East of England and the North West. A striking feature of this statistic is the fairly average number of hate crimes due to disability in London, a region which usually provides high figures of hate crimes and crime in general.

East of England 911
North West 840
South East 725
London 667
South West 560
Yorkshire and the Humber 527
Wales 338
North East 318
East Midlands 307
West Midlands 298