Crown Prosecution Service (2016) Hate Crime Report 2014/2015 and 2015/16, July 2016
Country
United Kingdom
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
Regional
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Hate crime
Target Population
General population
Key findings
In 2015/16, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) completed 13,032 prosecutions for racially and religiously aggravated hate crime at an increase of 1.9% from the previous year. The conviction rate in such cases increased from 83.5% in 2014/15 to 83.8% in 2015/16. Sentence uplifts (increases sentences) rose from 12.0% of cases in 2014/15 to 34.8% of cases in 2015/16.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Quantitative.
Sample details and representativeness
The report draws on CPS records to document the number of prosecutions brought for hate crime offences.