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Written question asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 March 2026 (named day). It was answered by Ellie Reeves (Labour) on Monday, 23 March 2026 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Antisemitism: Prosecutions

Question

To ask the Solicitor General, how many offences against Jewish people and places of worship have been (a) recorded and (b) prosecuted in each year since 2020 broken down by the (i) ethnicity, (ii) nationality, and (iii) faith of the offender.

Answer

The Home Office publishes official statistics on religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales by targeted religion, including Jewish people. The latest statistical bulletin containing this information can be found here: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025 - GOV.UK

Information on whether the offence was targeted at a place of worship or not, or the ethnicity, nationality or faith of the offender for these offences is not centrally held.

The CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of offences committed against Jewish people or the location of the offending, such as a place of worship. Nor is any central record kept of the nationality or faith of defendants prosecuted. To establish the number of prosecutions where these circumstances applied would require a manual review of case files and this would be at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121515
Session
2024-26
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Prosecutions Religious hatred Antisemitism
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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