Hate Crime: Prosecutions
The question
To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for hate crime offences have been brought since 2023.
Answered by Ellie Reeves
This Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime, and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes these cases robustly.
The below table shows the number of defendants prosecuted by the CPS since 2023 for hate crime offences based on (a) race, (b) religion, (c) disability, (d) sexual orientation and (e) transgender identity.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (January - June) | |
| Racist flagged hate crime prosecutions | 9,245 | 10,436 | 5,493 |
| Religious flagged hate crime prosecutions | 420 | 646 | 303 |
| Disability flagged hate crime prosecutions | 270 | 320 | 158 |
| Homophobic flagged hate crime prosecutions | 2,676 | 3,118 | 1,723 |
| Transphobic flagged hate crime prosecutions | 126 | 137 | 87 |
Date source: CPS Case Management Information System |
The total number of hate crime flagged defendants prosecuted by the CPS was 12,737 in 2023, 14,657 in 2024, and 7,764 during the period from January to June 2025.
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