Antisemitism and Islamophobia
(asked on 6th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest figures for antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes for the (1) Metropolitan Police, (2) Greater Manchester Police, and (3) West Midlands Police, compared with the figures for September 2023; and what is the average figure for all police forces over the same period.
The Home Office collects information on the number of religious hate crimes by targeted religion on a monthly basis from police forces in England and Wales. However, information is only available for 31 police forces, including the Metropolitan and Greater Manchester Police, for the time period asked about. The available data broken down by month from September 2023 to March 2024 are given in the table below:
Number of religious hate crimes targeted against Jews and Muslims recorded by the police by month, 31 police forces in England and Wales, September 2023 to March 2024 | |||||||
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Month | Metropolitan Police | Greater Manchester Police | Total for 31 police forces |
| Metropolitan Police | Greater Manchester Police | Total for 31 police forces |
September | 42 | 8 | 95 |
| 77 | 19 | 194 |
October | 315 | 85 | 577 |
| 153 | 40 | 325 |
November | 222 | 68 | 444 |
| 166 | 49 | 362 |
December | 124 | 33 | 264 |
| 89 | 40 | 243 |
January | 108 | 37 | 226 |
| 71 | 37 | 217 |
February | 91 | 34 | 211 |
| 96 | 34 | 233 |
March | 108 | 51 | 238 |
| 129 | 51 | 332 |
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Monthly average (September 2023 to March 2024 | 144 | 45 | 294 |
| 112 | 39 | 272 |
Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office |
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