Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 63145

Hate Crime: Prosecutions

Tabled: 26 June 2025

Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for hate crimes have the CPS commenced in each of the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these prosecutions resulted in conviction.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

In the year to December 2024 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised the charging of a total of 11,777 suspects in hate crime flagged cases with 87.4% of legal decisions resulting in a suspect being charged.The below table provides a breakdown of t...

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