[holding answer 15 September 2008]: The available statistics relate to racially or religiously aggravated offences recorded by the police and are given in the following table. It is not possible to separately identify those of a racial nature from those of a religious nature.
Number Police force area 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Avon and Somerset 1,256 1,431 1,326 1,337 1,027 Bedfordshire 207 266 339 308 292 British Transport Police 652 946 1,088 1,188 1,316 Cambridgeshire 384 398 322 351 365 Cheshire 400 438 569 557 536 Cleveland 251 288 528 464 390 Cumbria 116 186 232 219 187 Derbyshire 600 474 494 492 554 Devon and Cornwall 588 694 818 809 696 Dorset 166 254 214 291 294 Durham 138 154 258 304 245 Dyfed-Powys 126 154 118 167 125 Essex 760 807 796 922 913 Gloucestershire 167 215 283 326 264 Greater Manchester 2,864 3,203 3,398 3,677 3,637 Gwent 240 233 289 269 234 Hampshire 415 570 1,120 1,326 1,320 Hertfordshire 730 859 985 954 846 Humberside 438 488 417 655 407 Kent 480 609 798 935 858 Lancashire 1,085 1,183 1,363 1,238 1,042 Leicestershire 809 980 1,007 1,055 941 Lincolnshire 179 169 200 143 101 London, City of 60 48 75 83 73 Merseyside 943 1,061 1,420 1,423 1,100 Metropolitan Police 9,468 9,444 8,769 8,226 7,353 Norfolk 268 333 343 340 265 Northamptonshire 413 389 455 422 455 Northumbria 974 886 834 924 729 North Wales 278 331 396 356 316 North Yorkshire 54 133 205 234 172 Nottinghamshire 619 551 566 715 793 South Wales 794 735 713 555 611 South Yorkshire 259 471 1,032 1,037 927 Staffordshire 600 646 805 889 760 Suffolk 297 244 240 329 328 Surrey 482 510 845 588 305 Sussex 552 575 710 991 776 Thames Valley 1,104 1,154 1,128 1,483 1,233 Warwickshire 187 222 293 379 416 West Mercia 674 609 527 499 503 West Midlands 2,479 2,413 3,071 3,338 3,249 West Yorkshire 1,874 2,140 2,898 2,691 2,493 Wiltshire 244 220 260 253 196 England and Wales total 35,674 38,114 42,547 43,742 39,643 1 There are currently seven racially or religiously aggravated offence classifications within the recorded crime series. They are as follows: less serious wounding, harassment, assault without injury, criminal damage to a dwelling, criminal damage to a building other than a dwelling, criminal damage to a vehicle and other criminal damage.