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<p>The Home Office has collected disability hate crime data from the police since
2011/12.</p><p>In 2011/12, the police recorded 1,748 disability hate crime offences,
1,911 in 2012/13, 2,006 in 2013/14 and 2,508 in 2014/15.</p><p>Further information
on hate crime can be found in Hate Crimes, England and Wales, 2014/15, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2014-to-2015</p><p>Data
for 2015/16 are due to be published in October 2016.</p><p>As stated by the Office
for National Statistics, action taken by police forces to improve their compliance
with the National Crime Recording Standard has led to improved recording of crime
over the last year, especially for violence against the person offences. Together
with a greater awareness of disability hate crime, and improved willingness of victims
to come forward, this is likely to be a factor in the increase in disability hate
crimes recorded by the police.</p><p>This Government is committed to tackling hate
crime. The UK has one of the strongest legislative frameworks in the world to tackle
hate crime. We are working across Government with police, (including National Community
Tensions Team), the Crown Prosecution Service and community partners to send out a
clear message that hate crime will not be tolerated and we will vigorously pursue
and prosecute those who commit these crimes.</p>
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