Hate crime
What can you do?
Contact us and report what has happened, this can be done in a number of ways in an emergency dial 999 or 112 to receive an immediate police response
- report a homophobic or Transphobic incident, contact your local police station. Your report will be recorded and an officer will make arrangements meet you.
- report the incident online (Opens in new window)
- speak to an officer or member of police staff who specialise in hate crimes. They may be able to reassure you or advice you before you make a report
- if you have any information/intelligence about somebody committing these contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
- if an incident doesn’t get reported, people are free to commit crimes again.
- reporting incidents enables us to catch these people and build up a picture of crime trends. It also helps us to develop plans, with other agencies if necessary, to make our communities safer and more pleasant places to live.