Hate crimes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1704
Version Date: 20/03/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
We searched Niche for all hate crimes from 01/01/18 – 31/12/2023.
The overall amount of hate crimes that have been recorded in Dorset within the past five years , from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The overall amount of homophobic targeted hate crimes that have been recorded in Dorset within the past five years, from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The overall amount of transphobic targeted hate crimes that have been recorded in Dorset within the past five years, from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Total no. of recorded hate crimes |
718 |
739 |
958 |
1040 |
821 |
709 |
|
No. of recorded hate crimes (Sexual Orientation) |
115 |
136 |
147 |
165 |
157 |
154 |
|
No. of recorded hate crimes (Transgender) |
29 |
27 |
25 |
25 |
46 |
35 |
The amount of arrests and convictions that have been made in result of the hate crimes mentioned above, from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Please Note: The police do not hold conviction data so outcomes of ‘charged’*
All hate crimes
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|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
No. of arrests |
121 |
89 |
130 |
114 |
87 |
63 |
|
No. of outcomes of Charged* |
147 |
103 |
161 |
121 |
100 |
55 |
Hate crimes (Sexual Orientation)
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
No. of arrests |
17 |
19 |
18 |
20 |
16 |
13 |
|
No. of outcomes of Charged* |
15 |
24 |
22 |
27 |
22 |
14 |
Hate crimes (Transgender)
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
No. of arrests |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
No. of outcomes of Charged* |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* Includes outcomes of ‘Charged’, ‘Summonsed/postal requisition’, ‘Alternate offence charged’ and ‘Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition’
Both arrest and charged data is subject to change where investigations are ongoing