Hate Crime: Prosecutions
Commons · Question 48402 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crimes in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 6 May 2025
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...