FOI 443037

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 443037

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17^th November 2025. Please find below the response to your request:

1. The total number of hate crime offences recorded by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

2. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘race or ethnicity’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

3. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘religion’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

Reply

West Mercia Police hold the requested information.

Caveat; Hate Incident offence titles and Hate Motivated keywords have a subcategory attached to them to denote the particular motivation, for example Hate Incident – Age, Hate Incident – Religion, Hate Incident – Racial.

This subcategory has been used to calculate the number of hate incidents that are Racially motivated and Religiously motivated.

Crimes can have more than one motivation, ie both Racially and Religiously motivated. 25 crimes have both of these motivations linked to them within this time period, these 25 crimes are included in both the racially motivated count and religiously motivated count.

1. The total number of hate crime offences recorded by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

2. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘race or ethnicity’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.

3. The number of hate crime offences classed under the strand of ‘religion’ by your force for April, May, June, July, August, September and October 2025.