Disability Hate Crime – April 2020 to March 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025502

I note you seek access to the following information:

***AMENDED REQUEST***
Would you like to receive information for the remaining questions? Yes, please.

With regards to question 4 would you like to data showing the amount of Victims of Disability Hate Crime flagged as Vulnerable (but not showing if the vulnerability was a cause of the crime for reason explained above)? Yes, please.

With regards to question 5 would you like to receive data showing Female Victims of Disability Hate Crime (but not where it has been reported by the female victim for the reasons explained above)? Yes, please.

**PREVIOUS REQUEST****
1. For the period of the last two financial years, 2020/21 and 2021/22 please supply the outcome data for disability hate crime which didn’t result in a charge

2. Has your police force employed any trained specialist disability liaison officers in each in each financial year, 2020/21 and 2021/22?

3. A breakdown of where disability hate crimes took place in each in each financial year, 2020/21 and 2021/22 (for example on transport, in public, in the workplace)

4. How many disability hate crimes recorded by your police services during each financial year (2020/21 and 2021/22) concerned mate crime (i.e., the financial, physical, and or sexual exploitation of a vulnerable person)?

5. How many recorded disability hate crimes in each financial year (2020/21 and 2021/22) were reported to your police service by women victims?

6. What is the breakdown of disability hate crimes recorded by your police service during each financial year (2020/21 and 2021/22) on an urban-rural basis?
Re-defined to: “With regards to question 6, we were asking about the location of the disability hate crime, if any location was recorded and could be given? However if this would exceed the time allocated for FOI’s please continue without this.

7. What is the breakdown of victims of disability hate crimes recorded by your police service during each financial year (2020/21 and 2021/22) along the following age brackets - under 18 years old, 18-24 years old, 25-34 years old, 35-44 years old, 45-54 years old, 55-64 years old, 65-74 years old, and over 75 years old?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

With regards to question 2 there is no such specialist training and as such no such role exists centrally. Please note that there may be training provided locally such as British Sign Language (BSL) courses for officers and staff to gain accreditation and throughout various specific ‘days’ of awareness there are events and discussions for various disabilities. But there is no central record to answer this question.