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Hate Crimes are offences targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s identity. image

Hate Crimes are offences targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s identity.

Experiencing Hate Crime can be a particularly frightening experience, when you believe you’ve been targeted because of who you are, or who someone else thinks you are.

  • Anyone could be a victim
  • How do I know whether I need help?
  • Recognising a Hate Crime
  • The impact of Hate Crime
  • If you've been affected
  • We can help
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Hate Crimes can be committed against a person or property – anyone could be a victim of a Hate Crime.

According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website, any crime can be prosecuted as a Hate Crime, if the offender has either:

  • demonstrated hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity,

or

  • been motivated by hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.
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The Impact of Hate Crime

The effects of Hate Crime can be long-lasting,  particularly if you have been experiencing it for a sustained period of time, on numerous occasions.

The motive of all Hate Crime is primarily to instil fear and anxiety among a group that they identify as “other”, by diminishing their sense of belonging and trying to isolate them from the rest of the community.  This can, and does, inflict huge psychological harm in the process.

Many people find it helps to talk to someone they can trust or who will understand what they’re going through.

If You Have Been Affected

We can help you,  even if you don’t want to report it to the Police.  If you do want to report, we can also help you to navigate the Criminal Justice System and provide support throughout that journey.

We can give you information about dealing with a range of organisations, such as your employer and housing agencies, if you’re having difficulties with them because of what has happened to you, our specially trained Hate Crime staff and volunteers can help.

As well as giving you information about the Police and Court procedures, our staff and volunteers can go to the Police Station and/or Court with you. We can also liaise with other organisations on your behalf if you want us to, and we can put you in touch with other sources of help, such as people who can remove graffiti.

We Can

  • help you to cope and move on from the effects of Hate Crime.
  • support you and other members of your family.
  • help you to get in touch with other organisations, if there are problems we are unable to support with.
  • help you to deal with other agencies, such as the Police or Housing.
  • give you advice on safety and home security.
  • help you to improve your home security after a break-in, such as repairs to broken locks.

My Care Officer listened, she let me go on and on and on. She was outstanding, she was kind, she made me feel safe and supported me through a complex situation. I had lost my dad around the same time, she was more like a friend. I want to say I will be forever grateful and in my mind she went above and beyond.