Spain, Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2023), 2022 Report on incidents related to hate crimes (Informe sobre la evolución de los incidentes relacionados con los delitos de odio en España 2022), Madrid, Ministry of the Interior.

Country

Spain

Title

Spain, Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2023), 2022 Report on incidents related to hate crimes (Informe sobre la evolución de los incidentes relacionados con los delitos de odio en España 2022), Madrid, Ministry of the Interior.

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Year

2023

Publication type

Report - official data on incidents

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Public authority

Institution

Spain, Ministry of Interior – State Secretariat for Security |Ministerio del Interior - Secretaria de Estado de Seguridad

Thematic focus

Hate crime

Groups

General population

Key findings

In Spain, 1,869 hate crimes and incidents were registered during 2022, of which 73 correspond to administrative offences. Of the remaining 1,796 hate crimes, depending on the protected group, we obtain the following distribution: racism/xenophobia (42.04%), sexual orientation and gender identity (25.56%), ideology (13.64%), sex/gender (10.52%), religious beliefs or practices (2.62%), disability (1.28%), anti-Gypsyism (1.22%), aporophobia (0.95%), generational discrimination (0.83%), anti-Semitism (0.72%), and disease (0.61%).

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

Survey - quantitative research

Sample details and representativeness

The data were obtained through the Crime Statistics System (statistical system of criminality (SEC)). For its computation takes into account the facts that have being acknowledge by the following police corps: Guardia Civil, the National Police, the independent police of the different autonomous communities (Ertzaintza and Mossos d'esquadra and Policía Foral de Navarra) as well as the Local Police groups.

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