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Hate crime report: 2014/2015 and 2015/16
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Crown Prosecution Service
- Publisher:
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 58
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the Crown Prosecution Service performance in prosecuting the hate crimes between April 2014 and March 2016. These include: racist and religious hate crime; homophobic and transphobic hate crime; disability hate crime; stirring up hatred; and crimes against older people. The report shows that in 2015/16 the CPS completed 15,442 hate crime prosecutions, the highest number achieved to date. The conviction rate across all strands of hate crime increased slightly from 82.9 per cent in 2014/15 to 83.2 per cent in 2015/16. Sentence uplifts increased from 11.8 per cent in 2014/15 to 33.8 per cent in 2015/16, the highest proportion recorded to date. Specifically, the CPS completed: 13,032 prosecutions for racially and religiously aggravated hate crime, an increase of 1.9 per cent on the previous year; 1,469 prosecutions for homophobic and transphobic crime, an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year; 941 prosecutions for disability hate crime, an increase of 41.3 per cent on the previous year; and 3,759 prosecutions for crimes against older people, an increase of 1.8 per cent on the previous year. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hate crimes and crimes against older people report 2013-2014
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Crown Prosecution Service
- Publisher:
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
The seventh Crown Prosecution Service hate crime annual report, which brings together information on Crown Prosecution Service performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older people and disability hate crime. Management data and positive outcomes in casework are used to demonstrate the level of performance. Where available, the report also uses data from the past six years to highlight trends over time. The report includes examples of effective practice, lessons learned, policy development and research that have contributed to improving performance. Current statistics show that since the previous year 2012/2013 there has been an increase in the volume of hate crime cases referred by the police for decision, the number of completed prosecutions, and the conviction rate. (Edited publisher abstract)