Harassment or hate crimes
Harassment and hate crimes are hostile behaviours that deliberately target someone for their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
What are harassment and hate crimes?
Harassment and hate crimes can affect both individuals and groups, and can be a single isolated event or a series of repeated incidents.
The police can take legal action against hate crime after a single incident
Harassment and hate crimes can include:
- intimidation, threats, or verbal abuse
- offensive letters, hate mail, or online abuse
- offensive leaflets or posters
- vandalism or criminal damage
- bullying, physical attacks, or violence.
How to report hate crime
If you’re being victimised – or suspect someone else is being victimised – you should phone the police on 999 when it’s safe to do so.
You can also report abuse to us online, or by phoning our customer services team on 0300 500 8000.
Our trained staff are experienced in handling these kinds of situations and one of them will get back to you within 1 working day using your preferred method of contact.
