Hate crime offences up 17% in England and Wales

The number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales in 2017/18 has increased by 17% on the previous year.There were 94,098 hate crime offences recorded in 2017/18, most of them race-related.The latest figures show an upward trend in recent years with hate crimes more than doubling since 2012/13, when 42,255 were recorded.