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Latest news in Yorkshire: October 19, 2018 12:49:08 PM
Figures released by the Home Office this week indicate that reporting of
hate crime has increased by 17% across England and Wales compared to
last year.
The Safer Rotherham Partnership is tackling hate crime by making sure
communities are confident to report incidents.
Cllr Emma Hoddinott, Rotherham Council’s Cabinet Member for Waste, Roads
and Community Safety, explains “Hateful behavior towards people is
completely unacceptable and we want to work with residents to stop it.
It has no place in our town.”
An example project is delivered by Rotherham Ethnic Minorities Alliance
(REMA), which has received Safer Rotherham Partnership support to help
them encourage hate crime reporting. Last year, REMA delivered this
initiative in partnership with Speakup Self Advocacy and The Rainbow
Project, resulting in 117 additional hate crimes being reported between
September 2017 and March 2018.
Rotherham Police delivered 48 awareness raising meetings and events in
2017-2018, attended by more than two thousand people. Hate crime
awareness sessions have been carried out in schools to help increase
awareness in young people.
A hate crime is any crime motivated by prejudice or hostility towards a
person’s disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or transgender
identity. Hate crimes are extremely damaging to the victim and wider
community. Hate makes people suspicious of their neighbours and people
around them and damages community cohesion.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales found that victims of hate crime
were more likely to report being affected by the incident rather than
victims of all crime. For example, 36% of hate crime victims said they
were ‘very much’ affected compared with 13% for all crime.
The Safer Rotherham Partnership encourage anyone who has witnessed, or
been subject to a hate crime, to report it to the police immediately by
calling 999 in an emergency or 101 for non-emergencies. Alternatively
people can report incidents online at
www.reportingcrime.uk/SYPincidentreport or by visiting Community
Reporting Centre’s such as REMA.
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