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

Number of hate crimes motivated by a person's disability in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, by offence type
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The data displays the number of hate crimes motivated by a person's sexual orientation in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, sorted by offence type. The most hate crimes in which a person's disability was a motivational factor were recorded as violent offences, of which roughly a third led to the victim's injury. The second most common type of offence were public order offences, while the lowest number of hate crimes against disabled people were found to be criminal damage and arson.

Violence against the person without injury 1161 1937
Public order offences 1130 1831
Other notifiable offences 608 806
Violence against the person with injury 409 572
Criminal damage and arson 321 412