We've put together information below about hate crimes and hate incidents, including how to recognise them, report them, and access help, support and advice.

A crime that the victim or any other person perceives to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards any aspect of a person’s identity.

Any incident, which may or not be a crime that the victim or any other person perceives to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards any aspect of a person’s identity.

Disability
Religion or belief
Race or ethnicity
Sexual orientation
Transgender identity

Anyone can be a victim of hate crime.

Verbal abuse like name-calling and offensive jokes
Harassment
Bullying or intimidation by children, adults, neighbours or strangers
Physical attacks such as hitting, punching, pushing, spitting
Threats of violence
Hoax calls, abusive phone or text messages, hate mail
Online abuse for example on Facebook or Twitter
Displaying or circulating discriminatory literature or posters
Harm or damage to things such as your home, pet, vehicle
Graffiti
Arson
Throwing rubbish into a garden
Malicious complaints for example over parking, smells or noise.

Every hate incident or crime should be reported to the police.

Even though at first the victim may feel they don’t want to waste police time, they should still report any incident perceived to be hate related.

Even if they just want the matter logged this helps the police build up an accurate local and national picture of tensions in the community.

The police can give advice of the best course of action.

Victims don’t need to worry about whether it is a hate incident or crime. For example something could start out as just name calling which may be an incident however a Police Officer could decide that it is in fact a crime of harassment, malicious communication, etc.

For non-emergenices, call 101

In an emergency, call 999

You can also report it online with South Wales Police.

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Victim support

Victim Focus For Hate Crimes
0300 30 31 982
Victim Focus – 0300 303 0161

Disability hate crime support

Mencap
0808 8000 300

Sight life
029 2039 890

Scope
0808 800 3333

Transgender and sexual orientation hate crime support

Umbrella Cymru
0300 302 3670