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Dear Sir/Madam

FOI Request Reference: 1108A/22

Thank you for your request for information, received 21 August 2022.

REQUEST

1. The total number of hate crimes recorded by the Constabulary, broken
down by individual ‘hate’ characteristics (e.g. Race, disability etc.)

2. With respect to crimes that were so recorded due to the hate element
being related to ‘gender identity’, ‘gender reassignment’ or
‘transphobia’(or whichever similar term the Force may use) please provide
a detailed breakdown of the specific crimes involved e.g. rape, murder,
assault, harassment etc.)

3. The total number of non-crime hate incidents recorded, similarly broken
down as per question 1.

4. With respect to non-crime hate incidents that were so recorded due to
the hate element being related to ‘gender identity’, ‘gender reassignment’
or ‘transphobia’(or whichever similar term the Force may use) please
provide a detailed breakdown of the specific type of incident involved

RESPONSE

Please find attached (1108A_22_attachment.pdf).

Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing
numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily
indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition,
the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time
can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on
incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of
future incidents in that area.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and
complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been
extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police
purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is
subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.
As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes
and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting
those data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of
data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of
figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken
into account when those data are used.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you
to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as
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