The information on police recorded crime covers some categories of offence that are deemed to be racially or religiously aggravated. Racially aggravated offences were added to the recorded crime statistics series in April 1999 and religiously aggravated offences were added in April 2002. It is not possible to separately identify those offences of a racial nature from those of a religious nature.
Data for 1999-2000 to 2002-03 is given in the following table. Data for 2008-09 will be published on 16 July 2009.
Number of offences Police force area 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-031,2 Avon and Somerset 240 3,292 700 900 Bedfordshire 42 91 134 169 British Transport Police n/a n/a n/a 402 Cambridgeshire 222 262 259 410 Cheshire 98 216 355 376 Cleveland 29 46 71 145 Cumbria 27 44 60 69 Derbyshire 263 298 381 560 Devon and Cornwall 120 272 321 496 Dorset 83 154 116 177 Durham 30 50 89 371 Dyfed-Powys 76 81 96 96 Essex 87 244 509 558 Gloucestershire 147 187 192 210 Greater Manchester 693 1,073 2,804 2,353 Gwent 97 154 141 193 Hampshire 273 609 454 317 Hertfordshire 148 177 233 343 Humberside 70 90 149 302 Kent 339 463 427 547 Lancashire 232 408 1,057 860 Leicestershire 169 295 556 809 Lincolnshire 12 30 26 136 London, City of 40 45 45 71 Merseyside 234 318 461 734 Metropolitan Police 13,850 11,925 10,800 9,853 Norfolk 76 87 103 203 Northamptonshire 191 234 294 303 Northumbria 273 360 538 934 North Wales 35 108 173 288 North Yorkshire 6 15 24 80 Nottinghamshire 425 620 731 635 South Wales 402 468 624 737 South Yorkshire 98 168 221 242 Staffordshire 176 276 646 466 Suffolk 125 191 272 246 Surrey 168 269 308 407 Sussex 246 434 441 443 Thames Valley 420 607 938 948 Warwickshire 66 111 181 159 West Mercia 228 468 661 527 West Midlands 883 2,306 2,843 2,422 West Yorkshire 234 308 501 707 Wiltshire 77 118 149 232 Total 21,750 27,972 30,084 31,436 n/a = Not available. 1 The National Crime Recording Standard was introduced in April 2002 and figures before and after that date are not directly comparable. 2 Includes British Transport Police for 2002-03.