Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 58992

Hate Crime: Prosecutions

Tabled: 11 June 2025

Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crime in the last 12 months.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes hate crimes in England and Wales.In the year to December 2024, in England and Wales the CPS prosecuted 14,657 defendants for offences flagged as hate crimes with a charge rate of 87.4%, and a conviction rate ...

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