Hate Incidents

The Council defines a hate incident as any non-crime incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice on the grounds of: 

• race
• religion
• sexual orientation
• disability
• transgender identity
• any other perceived difference

Incidents and crimes are recorded against these five categories, as well as including a category for ‘any other perceived difference’ to align with Leicestershire Police’s recording of hate. Detailed below are the differences between hate incidents and crimes:

• Hate Incident - any non-crime incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice.

• Hate Crime - any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice.

Types of hate incidents

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have produced a Hate Crime Strategy for tackling hate.

An incident may be physical, verbal or written and can take many forms including:

• Physical attack: such as physical assault, damage to property
• Threat of attack: abusive or obscene calls or letters
• Verbal abuse or insults
• Offensive leaflets and posters, hate mail, abusive gestures
• Dumping of rubbish outside homes
• Harassment, bullying or victimisation

Report a hate incident

You can report a hate incident involving yourself or someone else by contacting: 

Tel: 0116 3058263

Website: Leicestershire County Council (click on Hate Incident Report Form)

Alternatively you can speak to a member of the Community Safety Team at the Council Offices on Southfields Road, Loughborough, or visit any of the reporting centres featured on the same webpage as above.

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Interpretation and translation

For information on what support we offer, please visit our interpretation and translation webpage.