Hate crime policy

Hate Crime can take many forms, from verbal abuse, graffiti and nuisance telephone calls through to assault and refusal of services.

People can be targeted because of their race, disability, religion, sexual orientation or transgender status. Within this policy we set out how we will address these types of behaviours that can blight neighbourhoods, communities and the workplace.

Our primary objectives are to focus on encouraging reporting and improving responses and facilitating community cohesion.

We are updating the Hate Crime Policy for 2012 and will publish it on this webpage.