Transphobic hate crime
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4719
Version Date: 18/06/2026
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source:
Crime information system – Niche
Data Processing:
Filtered on transphobic hate crime code.
1. Total Recorded: Between March 2024 and March 2026, how many recorded criminal offences were flagged with a 'transphobic' hate crime marker?
|
SC Description |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Total |
|
Acts intended to stir up racial hatred |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Affray |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Assault by beating |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (Section 47) |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
Common assault (S39) and assault without injury |
3 |
4 |
|
7 |
|
Criminal damage Other |
|
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
Criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Criminal damage to a dwelling |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Harassment - put in fear of violence |
1 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
Harassment without violence |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
|
Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Public Order - S4 POA Fear or provocation of violence |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Public Order - S4a Causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress |
3 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
Sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Threat to damage / destroy property |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
Threaten a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Total |
23 |
22 |
12 |
57 |
2. Multiple Offences: Out of those recorded incidents, how many involved the suspect being charged with multiple distinct criminal offences arising from the same incident?
This is a Nil return, no records found.
3. Prosecution Referrals: How many of these recorded transphobic hate crime cases were officially referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a charging decision?
4. Disposal Outcomes: For the cases that were not referred to the CPS, what were the recorded outcome codes (e.g., Outcome 16: Evidential difficulties, Outcome 18: Investigation complete - no suspect identified)?
ALL outcomes provided in the table below.
|
Latest Stats Class Status |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Total |
|
Charged |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Summonsed/postal requisition |
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Youth conditional caution |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Community resolution |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
3 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
2 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
|
Investigation complete no suspect identified |
6 |
9 |
4 |
19 |
|
Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
Under investigation |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
Total |
23 |
22 |
12 |
57 |