​FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4220

You asked

Please could you provide me with police recorded data between 2011-2022 on the number of hate crimes towards (actual/perceived) Muslims? I know the data is available in more recent Home Office publications like in 2019, but I can't find older data?

Also, can the data be disaggregated by gender in an additional table?

Please could the data be provided annually, i.e. 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, etc.

We said

Thank you for your request.

The Home Office produces an annual publication titled 'Hate Crime in England and Wales'. The 'perceived religion of victims of religious hate crime' data has only been collected since 2016, so this data is not held for prior years. The most recent publication Hate Crime in England and Wales 2020 to 2021 is available. Previous publications of Hate crime statistics are available.

Please note that the police recorded hate crime data is held and published by the Home Office. They may be able to assist you further and can be contacted via: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk.

For further enquiries regarding our crime data, please email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk.