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Race and religious hate offences have more than doubled in under a decade
(Left to right) England's Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka. Police investigated the online racial abuse of England players following the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
RACE and religious hate offences have more than doubled in under a decade, reaching a new record high last year — driven in part by anger at England’s Euro defeat.
A total of 76,884 offences were recorded in 2021 — a jump of 15 per cent from 66,742 in 2020, according to police figures released today.
This is also more than two-and-a-half times the 30,794 recorded in 2013 when comparable data began.
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