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Racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales 2015-2017, by region

Racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, by region

This chart illustrates racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales from April 2015 to March 2017, sorted by region. While the fewest racist incidents were reported in the North East and Wales, the most occurred in London. With almost twice the recorded amount of the North West was which experienced the second highest number of racist incidents.

London 12784 16016
North West 9377 8409
South East 7012 7078
West Midlands 6057 6290
Yorkshire and the Humber 6437 6275
East of England 4192 4845
South West 3607 3835
East Midlands 3930 3012
North East 2188 2581
Wales 2613 2080