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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of
prosecutions flagged as hate crimes. Hate crimes comprise offences motivated by hostility
or prejudice to a person’s race or perceived race, religion or perceived religion,
sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, disability or perceived disability
and transgender identity or perceived transgender identity. These data are accurate
only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p>The tables
below show the number and proportion of convictions and overall prosecutions, by each
category of hate crime, during each of the last five available years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>TOTAL
HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions
</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11
</strong></p></td><td><p>12,651</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>15,284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,843</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,196</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,794</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>13,070</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>11,915</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,074</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>82.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,738</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>RACIAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>83.1%<strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,711</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,774</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,107</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>10,935</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>10,069</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,123</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>12,130</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong>RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11
</strong></p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>566</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>80.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>665</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>HOMOPHOBIC & TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS (1)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,281</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,132</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,277</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1)
A separate flag for Transphobic crime was introduced in December 2012 following the
amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DISABILITY HATE
CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>726</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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