"Country code",Year,"Reference details title","Reference details URL","Main thematic focus",Institution,"Key findings - Short summary","Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)","Sample details and representativeness","Area/location of interest - NUTS3 level" Denmark,2016,"The National Police (Rigspolitiet), Hadforbrydelser i 2016 - Rigspolitiets årsrapport vedrørende hadforbrydelser (Hate Crimes in 2016 - The National Polices' annual report on hate crimes)",https://www.politi.dk/NR/rdonlyres/F49B206B-3638-4E5B-B3D3-C173BCDAE3FA/0/Hadfo…,"Hate crime","Denmark, The National Police (Rigspolitiet)","Every year the Danish National Police publishes an annual report that contains an overview of the numbers regarding registered hate crimes in the previous year. In 2016 the National Police found that 274 cased could be registered as hate crimes and was therefore an increase in hate crimes cases compared with the previous year - more specific a 38 percent increase. Of these 274 cases, 140 were racially motivated and 88 cases were religiously motivated. In 56 of the 88 religiously motivated cases, Muslim/Islam was targeted.","Collection of all cases who can have a hint of hate crime as a motive and then a closer examination of each case to determine whether it was motivated by a hate crime or not and if confirmed then categorised in one of the categories (race, religion, sex, etc).","796 cases collected 274 cases could then be deemed to have an element of hate crime in the perpetrators initial motivation 56 cases were motivated by Islam/Muslims 140 cases were motivated by ethnicity, race or skin colour","Not applicable - national level"