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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2026. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 16 July 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Hate Crime

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of reports categorised by police forces in England of (1) antisemitic, and (2) Islamophobic, hate crimes in each of the last 3 years.

Answer

The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion. In the year ending March 2025, the police recorded 2,783 religious hate crimes targeted at Jewish people and 4,478 targeted at Muslims.

Due to a change in IT system, data for the Metropolitan Police Service are not comparable over the last three years. Excluding data from this force, the table below shows the number of offences over the last three years:

Number of hate crimes recorded by the police, by perceived religion, England and Wales, excluding Metropolitan Police

Perceived religion of the victim

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Jewish

1,172

2,093

1,715

Muslim

2,661

2,690

3,199

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL1615
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Hate crime
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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