Reports of violent disability hate crime continue to rise as a number of police charges fall again
Figures reveal that reports of violent disability hate crime continue to rise across England and Wales, with only one in 62 cases charged by police.
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#ImwithSam: Call for action against disability hate crime
This week is Hate Crime Awareness Week – and one charity is calling for a change in the way in which disability hate crime is…
Surge in disability hate crime
The number of prosecutions for disability hate crime has leapt by over 40% in the last year. In 2015-2016, 941 prosecutions were made for hate…
Solicitor General: “We must do more to deal with Disability Hate Crime”
Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP shares why we need to address the growing problem of disability hate crime. Disability Hate Crime is an abhorrent and intolerable…
Disability hate crime victims “being let down”
Victims of disability hate crime are being let down by the criminal justice system, and progress to improve their experience of reporting offences has been…