Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2020), Annual Report on the Protection of

Country

Austria

Title

Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2020), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutzbericht 2020).

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Year

2021

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Austria, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung)

Main Thematic Focus

Hate crime

Target Population

Right-wing extremists

Key findings

In 2020, the security authorities in Austria were informed of a total of 895 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and unspecific or other offences in which relevant offences were reported. An offence can include several offences with separate reports. Compared to 2019 (954 offences), this means a numerical decrease of 6.2 per cent. In 2020, 1,364 offences were reported nationwide in connection with the offences listed, which is 18.7 per cent less than in 2019 (1,678 offences).

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

quantitative (statistics on incidents) and qualitative (expert assessments)

Sample details and representativeness

Not applicable

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