Spain, Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2024), Report on incidents related to hate crimes (Informe sobre la evolución de los incidentes relacionados con los delitos de odio en España 2023), Madrid, Ministry of the Interior.

Country

Spain

Title

Spain, Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2024), Report on incidents related to hate crimes (Informe sobre la evolución de los incidentes relacionados con los delitos de odio en España 2023), Madrid, Ministry of the Interior.

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Year

2024

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

The National Report concluded that there were 1,161 Hate crimes and incidents cases recorded in 2022. It does not include a specific reference to anti-Muslim hatred. It registered 25% of the cases based on racism, xenophobia and 16% of the cases based on religious beliefs or religious practices and 27% based on ideology. Other grounds registered were: antisemitism (17%), disability (26%), sexual orientation and gender identity (17%). In terms of methodology, it included a differentiation between criminal offences and administrative offences.

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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