Hate crime
Reporting hate crime is easy and can help save lives. If you are a victim, or a witness, of a hate crime please report it.
What is a hate crime?
Hate crime is when someone breaks the law by hurting another person because of prejudice or hostility based on (or perceived to be based on) their:
- race
- religion or belief
- disability
- gender identity
- sexual orientation
A hate crime could be:
- name calling
- arson/fire
- attacks or violence
- damage to property
- graffiti or writing
- online abuse
It can happen online, in the street, at school, college, work or at home. Victims might feel frightened, threatened or angry about the abuse. Hate crime is not tolerated in Wakefield. If you see or experience hate, please report it – you will be taken seriously.
Report a hate crime
If you are a victim or a witness of a hate crime, please report it. Anyone can report a hate crime, and if you would prefer, you can report it anonymously.
Online
Email Leeds GATE (to report hate crime against Gypsies and Travellers) contact@leedsgate.co.uk
You can report a hate crime directly to West Yorkshire Police. All information given is confidential and can be given anonymously. Just don’t enter any details which could identify the person reporting. The information given can even be for information purposes only.
There are also independent reporting services:
- Stop Hate UK
- True Vision
- Tell Mama (to report anti-Muslim hate crime)
- Community Security Trust (to report anti-Semitic hate crime)
By telephone
You can:
- Gypsy and Traveller Hate Crime call Leeds GATE on 0113 240 2444
- call West Yorkshire Police on 101 (in an emergency you must call 999)
- contact Stop Hate UK’s 24 hour, confidential helpline: 0800 138 1625
- Stop Learning Disability Hate Crime: 0808 802 1155
- text Relay/TypeTalk: 18001 0800 138 1625 for non-emergencies
Download the Stop Hate UK app
If you use an Android smartphone, downloading the Stop Hate UK West Yorkshire app enables you to:
- take a picture, video or audio recording and upload it directly
- links directly to leading independent organisation or to the police in an emergency
- gives you a direct response (including the police)
- plot the exact location of incident
- report concerns and incidents anonymously
In person
You can report a hate crime in person by visiting a Hate Incident Reporting Centre. These are located across West Yorkshire. You can also call in at your local police station.