Equality Data April - September 2012

Contents Victim- based Crime Violent Crime Racially Aggravated Crime Hate CrimeArrests Stop Search Use of Force User Satisfaction Survey

Victim-based Crime * Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been the victim of crime * Excludes Fraud and Forgery, Public Disorder, Drug Offences and Disrupted Crimes

Victim-based Crime Age and gender of people who have been the victim of crime

Violent Crime * Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been the victim of violent crime * All violence against the person, sexual offences and robbery

Violent Crime Age and gender of people who have been the victim of violent crime

Racially Aggravated Crime * Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been the victim of racially aggravated crime * Offender demonstrates hostility towards the victim based on the victim's membership (or presumed membership) of a racial group or the offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility towards members of a racial group based on their membership of that group.

Racially Aggravated Crime Age and gender of people who have been the victim of racially aggravated crime

Hate Crime * Nature of hate crime suffered * Any hate incident, which constitutes a criminal offence, perceived by the victim or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate

Hate Crime Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been the victim of hate crime

Hate Crime Age and gender of people who have been the victim of hate crime

Arrests Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been arrested

Arrests Age and gender of people who have been arrested

Stop Search Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people who have been stopped and searched

Stop Search Age and gender of people who have been stopped and searched

Use of Force * Self-defined ethnicity and gender of people on whom it was necessary to use force * Police Officers have the authority to use force in specified circumstances and only to the extent necessary to secure observance of the law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient

Use of Force Age and gender of people on whom it was necessary to use force

User Satisfaction Survey Self-defined ethnicity and gender of victims who were at least fairly satisfied with the whole experience of the policing service they received

User Satisfaction Survey Age and gender of victims who were at least fairly satisfied with the whole experience of the policing service they received

User Satisfaction Survey (Racist Incidents *) Self-defined ethnicity and gender of victims who were at least fairly satisfied with the whole experience of the policing service they received * A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person

User Satisfaction Survey (Racist Incidents) Age and gender of victims who were at least fairly satisfied with the whole experience of the policing service they received

Have you been the victim of a Hate Crime or Hate Incident? Hate crimes and incidents come in many different forms. It can be because of hatred on the grounds of your race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. Hate crime in any form is wrong. That is why it is important that if hate crime happens to you or someone you know, that you report it. True Vision is here to give you information about hate crime or incidents and how to report it: Call Police : 112 or Call Crimestoppers :