Hate Crime Halton & Warrington

At our recent SPARC meetings families and members have increasingly voiced their growing concerns about the fear of hate crime against people with disabilities and my enquiry is really about getting hold of any relevant information on hate crime against people with disabilities in Halton and Warrington.

I understand that the police now record such incidents seperately and I wondered if you could perhaps help me with local statistics on hate crime as recorded in Warrington and Halton.

Any help you can provide will help my charity a great deal.

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

April 05 - April 06 - Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 0.

April 06 - April 07- Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 1. This crime was recorded as undetected.

April 07 - April 08 - Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 12. Of these 6 were undetected, 2 were detected and 4 did not constitute a hate crime.

April 08 - April 09 - Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 6. Of these 3 were undetected and 3 did not constitute a hate crime.

April 09 - April 10 - Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 2. Neither incident constituted a hate crime.

April 10 - June 10 - Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded 4 None of the crimes constituted a hate crime.

In short form April 2005 until June 2010 the figures are as follows:

• 25 Disability Hate crimes/ incidents recorded in the Northern Division
• 13 did not constitute a hate crime and were recorded as incidents only
• 10 were recorded a crimes but after investigation closed as undetected
• 2 of the crimes were recorded as detected.