Racist attacks on convenience stores
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 24/2005
Version Date: 29/05/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Please can you supply the following information:
1) The number of businesses who were victims of reported verbal and physical racist attacks for the periods of 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 and 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.
I would like information restricted to the following types of businesses; convenience store, corner shop, grocery store, supermarket, newsagent, symbol group, tobacconist, off licence and independent retailer.
|
1 Jan - 31 Dec 2022 |
Volume of racial crimes recorded at businesses within the categories requested above |
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|
|
Physical |
Verbal |
Total Crimes |
|
January |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
February |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
March |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
April |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
May |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
June |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
July |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
August |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
September |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
October |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
November |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
December |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2) Whether the attack was physical or verbal.
|
1 Jan - 31 Dec 2023 |
Volume of racial crimes recorded at businesses within the categories requested above |
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|
Physical |
Verbal |
Total Crimes |
|
|
January |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
February |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
March |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
April |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
May |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
June |
0 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
July |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
August |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
September |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
October |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
November |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
December |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
3) The ethnicity of the victim.
|
2022 |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Asian - Indian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Any other Asian background |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Black African |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Any other Black background |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
White & Black Caribbean |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not stated |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Any other ethnic group |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
White British |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Any other white background |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Unknown |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2023 |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
Asian – Indian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Asian – Pakistani |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Asian – Bangladeshi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Any other Asian background |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Black Caribbean |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Black African |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Any other Black background |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
White & Black Caribbean |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
White & Asian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Any other mixed background |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Not stated |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chinese |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Any other ethnic group |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
White Irish |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Any other white background |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Ideally, I would like these figures broken down month-on-month.