FOI 0833-2025/26- Hate crimes

Request:

Q1. The total number of hate crime offences recorded by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

Q2. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘race or ethnicity’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025

Q3. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘religion’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

Response:

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1. Please see the table below showing the total number of hate crimes recorded between 01 April 2025 and 31 October 2025, broken down by month.

Q2 & Q3. Please see the table below showing the total number of hate crimes with a racial/religion hate strand recorded between 01 April 2025 and 31 October 2025, broken down by month.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.