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<p>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 considerable
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 and Tell MAMA, 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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