Hate crime
What is hate crime?
Hate crime is any offence committed against a person or property
that is motivated by the offender's hatred of people who are seen
as being different. You can be a victim of hate crime because of
your race, religion, disability, age, sexuality or gender.
Why report hate crime?
You can:
- help police to understand patterns of behaviour
- provide a true picture of what is happening within your
community
- help police investigate an incident which may contribute to an
arrest and/or prosecution
- help prevent these types of crimes happening to someone
else
Report an incident
You can report any type of hate crime, however small the
incident, including criminal damage, assault, verbal abuse and
harassment.
Choose from the following methods:
- visit the True Vision website, aimed at improving the
service police provide to minority communities (link opens in a new
window)
- call the Kent Racial Incident Reporting line on freephone 0800
138 1624
- call the Kent Homophobic and Transphobic Incident Reporting
Line on freephone 0800 328 9162
- call Kent Police on 01622 690690 - there are specially trained
officers in your area that you can speak to in
confidence
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