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<p>The Government is determined to confront hate crime wherever it occurs. Police
recorded religiously motivated hate crime has increased in recent years despite a
backdrop of a longer-term downward trend in the experience of hate crime overall,
according to the Crime Survey of England and Wales. We know that there have been trigger
events for increases in hate crime, such as the EU Referendum and the terror attacks
in 2017, though data shows that these have been temporary. A significant driver for
this overall increase is general improvements in police recording, and through our
work with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and third party services such as the
Community Security Trust, police are better at identifying whether a crime is a hate
crime and victims may be more willing to come forward.</p><p>The Government has a
comprehensive plan to tackle hate crime in all its forms, as set out in the refreshed
Hate Crime Action Plan published in October 2018, which sets out a programme of work
across Government and by the police.</p>
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