FOI 810/25

REQUEST

1) For each month from January 2020, the number of hate crimes recorded, split by strand (such as: Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Disability, Transgender Identity)

2) For each month from January 2020, the number of hate crimes recorded, split by strand and category (such as: Violence against the person, stalking and harassment, public order offences, criminal damage and arson)

RESPONSE

A search has been conducted on our crime and incident recording system (Niche RMS) for all hate crimes reported from January 2020 – May 2025. The data provided has been broken down by the reported date, hate crime strand, and occurrence type.

Please see attached document entitled ‘Response data 810_25’ which answers your request.

Please be advised that this search has been conducted under the reported date and not by the crime data. This means that any results brought back will relate to crimes reported to the force between 1st January 2020 and 31st May 2025 and not necessarily the date the crime occurred.

South Wales Police recognises that hate incidents and crimes, where people are targeted because of the nature of their diversity, affect not only the primary victim but also their families and the wider community.  Crimes motivated by “hate” emphasise feelings of difference rather than focusing on what is shared in common, breeding suspicion, mistrust, alienation and fear and are often perpetrated against victims who are particularly vulnerable due to their individual circumstances.  

The responsibility to investigate and bring to justice perpetrators of hate crimes is a priority for South Wales Police and we are committed to taking a caring and proactive approach when responding to the needs of victims and investigating hate crimes.  We believe this caring and responsive policing style is essential in helping raise the confidence levels of often vulnerable individuals and building overall public satisfaction and trust of the police within minority communities.  

South Wales Police recognises the need for the care of victims to be delivered in the most professional manner and that the level of support provided must be appropriate to the needs of each individual victim.  All necessary measures are taken to provide immediate practical help and ongoing reassurance to victims as South Wales Police strives to be the best at understanding and responding to our communities’ needs.  

The Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner have set a priority for increasing the confidence of victims to report incidents of hate crime and for action taken by the police and their partners to reduce repetition of hate crime.