Hate Crime: Prosecutions
The question
To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for hate crime in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lucy Rigby
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes hate crimes in England and Wales.
In the year to December 2024, in England and Wales the CPS prosecuted 14,657 defendants for offences flagged as hate crimes with a charge rate of 87.4%, and a conviction rate of 86.1%.
Data for Q4 2024-2025 will be published on the CPS website (CPS quarterly data summaries | The Crown Prosecution Service) in due course.
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