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<p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it is important that victims are protected
and have the confidence to come forward. In May, we published our refreshed cross-Government
hate crime action plan—Challenge it, Report it, Stop it, setting out the progress
we have made and further steps we will take to address the issue. The government is
driving forward work to tackle homophobic hostility and hate crime. We have toughened
up sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to increase
reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening in the first
place.</p><p><br>As part of the government’s action plan to tackle homophobia, we
are working alongside the Equality and Human Rights Commission on a project to improve
the reporting and criminal justice outcomes of victims of hate crime from lesbian,
gay, bisexual and trans communities.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information
specifically on homophobic crimes – we have information on hate crimes based on sexual
orientation but cannot break this down – it may also include crimes against heterosexuals
(and perceived heterosexuals). The Home Office only receives recorded hate crime data
at the police force area level and only holds data for the last three years. This
data can be found in the table below.<br><br>A breakdown of statistics by force area
can be found at the following links:2011/12 data in Table 2.01 <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265928/hate-crime-2013-apptabs.xls</a>
<br>2012/13 and 2013/14 data in Tables 1.01 and 1.02 respectively <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364201/hosb0214-tabs.ods</a></p><p>
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