Hate Crime Advice

A hate crime is when someone commits a crime against you because of your disability, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, or any other perceived difference. 

Hate crime doesn't always involve physical violence. It can include property damage, theft, harassment or online abuse. 

Someone using offensive language towards you or harassing you because of who you are, or who they think you are, is also a crime. 

Anyone can be affected by hate crime, and it ca be very frightening and traumatic experience. It can feel particularly personal as someone has targeted you because of who they think you are. 

Hate crimes, such as racist and homophobic crime, are one of our highest priorities. In partnership with external agencies, we're supporting the needs of victims, their families and their communities to make them safer.

To report a hate crime please call 101 (non emergency), or online via the Warwickshire Police website www.warwickshire.police.uk. In an emergency where you feel threatened/in danger please call 999.