Nobody should have to live with the fear and anxiety that hate crime can cause.
A hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s protected characteristic.
Hate crime generally falls into three categories: physical assault, verbal abuse or incitement of hatred (Met Police, 2019). Some examples of hate crime include:
A hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s protected characteristic.
Hate crime generally falls into three categories: physical assault, verbal abuse or incitement of hatred (Met Police, 2019). Some examples of hate crime include:
- assaults
- criminal damage
- harassment
- murder
- sexual assault
- theft
- fraud
- burglary
- hate mail
- harassment