UK Government Data Reveals Religious Hate Crime Statistics for 2025
Latest UK Gov Home Office data (England & Wales, year to Mar 2025): Religious hate crimes per 10k population: Jewish: 106 Other: 18 Muslim: 12 Sikh: 5 Hindu: 2 Buddhist: 1 Christian: 0 (~0.2) No religion: 0 Absolute numbers: Muslim 4,478; Jewish 2,873; Christian 502. Jews
The stats I shared are straight from the official UK Home Office hate crime bulletin (England & Wales, year ending March 2025), based on police-recorded offences by perceived victim religion and population estimates. No adjustments or opinions added—just the raw published
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