Religious Buildings: Crimes against Property
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques, Islamic centres and Muslim community centres have been subject to criminal damage in each of the last 5 years.
Answered by Sarah Jones
The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of religious hate crimes targeted at Muslims recorded by the police in England and Wales. It is not possible to tell, from the data held centrally, whether or not the offences were committed against mosques, Islamic centres or Muslim community centres.
The latest published statistics are available here: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025 - GOV.UK
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