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Churches: Crime

Commons · Question 85484 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) recording and (b) categorisation of crimes against (i) Christian churches and (ii) other religious sites.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 4 Nov 2025

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including violence against the person by defendant’s age, sex and ethnicity, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statis...