Home Office written question – answered at on 9 July 2026.
Jim Shannon
DUP, Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve support and protection for victims of hate crimes, including monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
Sarah Jones
The Minister of State, Home Department
There is robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crimes which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and transgender identity.
The Government funds an online hate crime reporting portal, True Vision, designed so victims of all types of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. We also fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which supports police forces in investigating and responding to online hate crime.
The Government also funds Victim Support to provide immediate and free online help for victims of all crime types, including hate crime, available 24 hours a day. Support is available anonymously and regardless of whether an incident was reported to the police.
The Home Office monitors hate crime through annual statistics on police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales. These are complemented by estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), which helps capture incidents not reported to the police.
On 9 March 2026, the Government published Protecting What Matters, which outlines our approach to improving social cohesion, including the steps we are taking to combat hate crime.
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