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Racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales 2009-2016

Number of racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales from April 2009 to March 2016

The data displays racist incidents recorded by the police per year in England and Wales from April 2009 to March 2016. Figures dropped in 2009/10 and 2010/11 after which they remained approx. constant at 48 thousand for three years. By contrast, years 2014/15 and 2015/16 featured a sharply increasing trend in the recorded racist incidents.

2009/10	55134
2010/11	51585
2011/12	47678
2012/13	47548
2013/14	48828
2014/15	53902
2015/16	58197

Racist incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales 2009-2016

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