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| Hate crimes: Rise in offences linked to religious beliefs | Hate crimes: Rise in offences linked to religious beliefs |
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| There has been a surge in hate crime directed at people because of their religious beliefs, new figures show. | There has been a surge in hate crime directed at people because of their religious beliefs, new figures show. |
| Police in England and Wales say there has been an increase of 40% compared with last year's figures. | Police in England and Wales say there has been an increase of 40% compared with last year's figures. |
| Most religious hate crime - 52% of all offences - was aimed at Muslims. | |
| The total number of hate incidents reached a record 94,098, from April 2017 to March this year - a rise of 17%. More than three-quarters (76%) of those were classified as "race hate". | |
| Hate crime is defined as an offence which the victim considers to be driven by hostility towards their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity. | Hate crime is defined as an offence which the victim considers to be driven by hostility towards their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity. |
| 'Greater willingness to come forward' | |
| Crimes targeted at people because of their sexual orientation made up 12% of the total, with religious hatred at 9%, disability hate 8% and transgender hate crimes 2%. | |
| Offences are classed more than once if they have multiple motivations. | |
| There were increases in every category, but this may partly reflect better reporting methods used by police - and a greater willingness on the part of victims to come forward, said BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw. | |
| According to the police figures, the number of hate crimes has more than doubled since 2012/13, when 42,255 were recorded. | |
| The figures were revealed as the Home Office announced a review into whether offences motivated by misandry - prejudice against men - should be classed as hate crimes. If so, it could lead to tougher sentences. | |
| Last month, it was announced that a review by the Law Commission would look at whether offences driven by misogyny - dislike, contempt or ingrained prejudice against women - should be treated as hate crimes. | |
| It's now emerged that the same review will also consider hostility towards men. | |
| Ageism and hatred of certain alternative cultures, such as Goths or punks, could also be included in future. | |
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