UK hate crime

Hate crime statistics

25 October 2022

Your request 

  1. is hate crime included in the council's current Community Safety plan?
  2. does the council have a separate hate crime plan/strategy?
  3. does the council have a designated hate crime lead?
  4. does the council service facilitate or take part in any    hate crime forums?
  5. 5. does the council have a designated hate crime information page on its website?

6. does the council facilitate hate crime reporting?

7. does the council have a budget for tackling hate crime? What is/was that budget?

8. does the council have access to hate crime resources?

9. Does the council refer victims of hate crime to independent advice and support services?

10.Is the council planning to participate in National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022 (8-16 October)?

11. has the council participated in previous National Hate Crime Awareness weeks?

Our response

  1.  yes (can you send us a pdf copy of the Community Safety plan?) Not suitable to be shared.
  2. yes – not suitable to be shared
  3. yes – Rupert Sutton, Prevent Programme Manager, 

  4. yes (can you list the names of the council forums that the police service facilitates or takes part in)  - LB Lambeth LGBT CRG, DASL Disability Hate Crime Partnership, LB Lambeth Crime Partnership

    regional: no

    national: no

5.  yes, here is the link. There is also section on reporting hate crimes targeting vulnerable adults on the Adult Social Care pages

6.  yes –the form is submitted via the website to PublicProtection and Regulatory Services

     In addition there are 3rd party reporting sites linked to the council website. There is no dedicated website.

7. we have no dedicated budget

8. yes – hate crime posters designed and used during NHCAW and in areas of high hate crime. PDFs attached. Other resources (t-shirts/badges/leaflets etc.) only available when provided as part of the NHCAW campaign

9. yes – Third party advice and support services are referred to on the website. If cases are brought to the attention of PPARS or Community Safety staff directly, then third party services are highlighted:

  • Crimestoppers
  • Stop Hate UK
  • Victim Support
  • Victim Support Northern Ireland
  • The Community Security Trust (National Organisation for Jewish victims)
  • TELL MAMA (National Organisation for Muslim Victims)
  • The Monitoring Group
  • GATE Herts (A national reporting service)
  • Galop (National organisation supporting LGBT+ victims)
  • East European Resource Centre (EERC)

10. yes the council will host three awareness raising stalls across the borough (Brixton, Waterloo, Clapham) and will also join police at a joint stall in Streatham. Promotional material will also be shared on the Love Lambeth website and via LB Lambeth social media. 

11. yes 

  • 2012 not known
  • 2013 not known
  • 2014 not known
  • 2015 not known
  • 2016 not known
  • 2017 yes
  • 2018 yes
  • 2019 yes
  • 2020 yes
  • 2021 yes