Written questions

Islamophobia

Lords · Question HL6299 · Tabled 28 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 11 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Farmer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many non-Muslims have been recorded as victims of Islamophobic hate crimes in the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Lord Khan of Burnley, 11 Apr 2025

MHCLG has policy responsibility for racial and religiously motivated hate crime, but all hate crime data recorded by the police is collected by the Home Office.In the year ending March 2024, there were 140,561 hate crimes recorded by the police in England...