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<p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it’s important that victims are <br>protected
and have the confidence to come forward. The Government is driving <br>forward work
to tackle hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up <br>sentencing and are working
closely with the police and other agencies to <br>increase reporting, improve support
and prevent these terrible crimes happening <br>in the first place. <br><br>We continue
to work with our voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of <br>hate crime at
local and national events, and explore opportunities to promote <br>the use of the
True Vision web tool further, including through targeted social <br>media advertising
with direct messages to specific groups.<br><br>The Government’s action plan on hate
crime, published in 2012, and progress <br>report, published in May 2014, outline
actions currently being taken by the <br>Government to tackle hate crime, as well
as the many actions which have already <br>been completed. <br><br>The Home Office
has collected information on the number of disability and <br>sexual orientation hate
crimes recorded by the police at the police force area <br>level since 2011/12. Data
are therefore available for the Metropolitan police <br>area and for England and Wales
for the three years, 2011/12, 2012/13 and <br>2013/14. The available information is
given in the Table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Number of
sexual orientation and disability hate crimes recorded by the police in the Metropolitan
police area and England and Wales, 2011/12 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Numbers</em></td><td> </td><td>
</td><td><strong>England and Wales, recorded crime</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><em>Sexual orientation hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>1,234</td><td>1,132</td><td>1,213</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>4,362 </strong></td><td><strong>4,261
</strong></td><td><strong>4,622 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Disability hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>120</td><td>108</td><td>124</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>1,757 </strong></td><td><strong>1,843
</strong></td><td><strong>1,985 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><em>Source:
Police recorded crime, Home Office</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Further information on hate crimes, including force level figures, can be found
at this link: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crimes-england-and-wales-2013-to-2<br>014</p><p>
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