Hate crimes often have a disproportionate impact on the victim because they are being targeted for a personal characteristic. We recognise that hate crime not only impacts the individual victim but also the wider community. Hate incidents as one-offs or a related series of events can send reverberations through communities, just as they can reinforce established patterns of prejudice and discrimination. This is why it is so important for hate crime to be prosecuted effectively.

This guidance sets out the factors to be considered when reviewing cases and prosecuting offences classified as racist or religious hate crime. It also addresses the approach to be taken in other cases where race or religion are a factor.

Dear Chief Officers / Chief Crown Prosecutors, We write in our capacity as hate crime portfolio leads for the CPS and NPCC and would like to begin by thanking you for your joint efforts in making hate crime a priority.

Community Impact Statements (CIS) can help criminal justice agencies understand the wider impact of hate crime and can improve decision making and increase public confidence. These guidelines specifically cover the use of CIS in Hate Crime cases. They should be read alongside the legal guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) which can be found on the CPS website.

Hate crimes often have a disproportionate impact on the victim because they are being targeted for a personal characteristic. We recognise that hate crime not only impacts the individual victim but also the wider community. Hate incidents as one-offs or a related series of events can send reverberations through communities, just as they can reinforce established patterns of prejudice and discrimination. This is why it is so important for hate crime to be prosecuted effectively.

Hate Crime Table 4 - Prosecution by Hate Crime Type 2008-09 to 2013-14

This is the eleventh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime.

This is the tenth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime.

This is the ninth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime.

Two men have been convicted following separate incidents of antisemitic hate crime, with one receiving a suspended custodial sentence.