12/10/2025
It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week.
During the course of this week, along with partners our North East Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Team will be sharing information to raise awareness about Hate Crime and how these can be reported to the Police.
A Hate Crime is defined as: “any crime which is perceived by the victim or any other person as being motivated (wholly or partly) by malice and / or ill-will towards a social group.”
To put it simply, Hate Crime is a criminal act against a person or property and generally occurs as a result of an offender’s hostility or prejudice against someone’s:
• Age
• Disability (including physical and learning disabilities and mental health)
• Race (including refugees, asylum seekers and Gypsy Travellers)
• Religion
• S*xual Orientation
• Transgender Identity; and
• Variations in S*x Characteristics
Hate Crime can happen once, or many times and can include physical assault, damage to property, threats or verbal abuse, online abuse.
If you need to report a Hate Crime, but don’t feel comfortable coming to the Police directly, you can contact a Third Party Reporting Centre who will provide you with support to report this to the Police. You can find a list of Third Party Reporting Centres here:
Hate Crime – Grampian Regional Equality Council (https://orlo.uk/Mt3SB)
