Community hits out over rise in racist hate crimes
Community hits out over rise in racist hate crimes
ALMOST 250 more Islamophobic hate crimes have been reported to police this year compared to 2010, according to new figures.
A Freedom of Information request found the police are receiving thousands of racist hate crime reports every year.
The figures show 3,922 racism hate crimes were logged up to August 2018, compared to a total of 2,140 throughout the entire of 2010.
A total of 4,434 racism hate crimes were reported last year, 317 hate crimes were for Islamophobia and 53 for Anti-Semitism.
In 2010, the figures stood at 2,140 for racism, 30 for Islamophobia and nine for Anti-Semitism.
The rising figures have created concern in the Asian community.