1. Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) Hate Crime Reduction Strategy Mayor pledged to deliver a strategy to tackle hate crime in London

2. Hate Crime - What is it? Brief definition - hate crime includes: verbal abuse, physical assault, domestic abuse, harassment and damage to property.

3. Reporting of Hate Crime Disability hate crime is under reported: Only 121 disability hate crimes were recorded in London in a ‘rolling’ year to May 2014  Compares to 9918 for racist and religious hate crime

4. Convictions Most offenders convicted in London for hate crime offences are given a fine or community sentence. 

5. MOPAC’s 3 Key objectives 1.Work with communities and partners to increase awareness and to boost confidence to report hate crime 2.Work with partners to protect communities that are vulnerable to hate crime and reduce repeat victimisation 3.Work with criminal justice partners to ensure swift and sure justice for hate crime victims

6. Increasing awareness and confidence to report hate crime Strategies include: Working with partners to provide third party reporting services No measures to improve attitude of police 

7. Protect communities that are vulnerable to hate crime and reduce repeat victimisation Strategies include: Innovative ways to reduce repeat victimisation -risk assessment conferences  No proactive measure by police reduce repeat victimisation 

8. Ensure swift and sure justice for hate crime victims Work to improve the victim journey Possibly: develop of Police Officers and prosecutors with specialist skills in dealing with hate crime Funding available? Introduce hate crime advocates to reduce acquittals Funding available?

9. Consultation Send comments to Henrietta.doyle@inclusionlondon.co.uk Henrietta.doyle@inclusionlondon.co.uk Inclusion London’s information paper available at: Or respond by 5 September. Information is at https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/policing -crime/consultations/hate-crime-reduction- strategy https://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/policing -crime/consultations/hate-crime-reduction- strategy