Hate crimes data

There were 43,748 hate crimes recorded by the police in the year to March 2012, according to new Home Office statistics.

The vast majority — 35,816 or 82% of reported hates crimes — were race related. Th were 4,252,sexual orientation hate crimes, accounting for 10% of the reported total.

Hate crimes relating to religion and disability numbered 1,621 and 1,744 respectively, and each crime accounted for 4% of reported hate crimes.

Finally, 315 transgender hate crimes were recorded — accounting for 1% of the total.