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Religious Buildings: Crime

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 102700

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimates her Department has for the number of crimes committed against, or on the grounds of, (a) mosques, (b) synagogues, (c) churches in England and Wales in each year since 2020.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold information on whether police recorded crimes were committed against, or on the grounds, of places of worship.

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