Hate Crime and Racial Discrimination: Flags and Graffiti
(asked on 4th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on trends in the number of (a) hate crimes and (b) instances of racism in communities that have not (i) taken flags down and (ii) removed graffiti.
This question was answered on 11th September 2025
The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. The latest release, including information on trends, can be found here: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2024 - GOV.UK
The Home Office does not hold information on whether flags or graffiti were present or removed from the communities the offences took place in.