Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 85484

Churches: Crime

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recording and (b) categorisation of crimes against (i) Christian churches and (ii) other religious sites.

Answer

Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including violence against the person by defendant’s age, sex and ethnicity, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statis...

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