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SLIDE 1

04/02/2019

Leicester

C i t y

Council

approach

to

H a t e

Crime

Neighbourhood

Services

&Community

Involvement

Scrutiny

—Wednesday

23~d January

2

019

C

CU

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Leicester City

C

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Background

The Home

Office's 'Action

Against Hate' report

2016

details:

A crime

that i s motivated

by

hostility

n

the

grounds

f

race,

religion,

sexual

rientation,

disability or

transgende~

idei~titV can

be classed as a hate

crime.'

Within Leicester,

Leicestershire

and Rutland

w e

record incidents

a n d

crimes

against t h e s e

five categories,

as

well

as

including a

'

any

ther

perceived difference'

in order

to align with Leicestershire

Police's recording of

hate.

Detailed in the

slide

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are the differences between hate

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incidents

and

crimes.

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a t e Incident

any

non-crime

incident

which

i s perceived

b y the

victim or

any

ther

person,

to be motivated by

h

s

t i l i t y

r

prejudice.

Some

examples

f

hate i n c i d e n t s :

A

p e r s

n

is bullied or

intimidated

a n d

perceives

t h i s behaviour

as

b e i n g

motivated

b e c a u s e

f

t h e i r d i s a b i l i t y .

A

person

i s

e x p e r i e n c i n g rubbish being t h r

w

n

i n t

t

h e i r

garden a n d

t h e i r

d r i v e w a y b e i n g blocked

w i t h

p a r k e d c a r s a n d perceives t h a t

i t is motivated

by homophobia.

Hate

G r i m e

any

c r i m i n a l

f

f e n c e which

i s perceived

b y t h e

victim or

any

ther

person,

t

be

motivated by

hostility or

p r e j u d i c e .

Some

examples

f

h a t e crime:

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An
ffender

shouts

racist

abuse

whilst physically assaulting

a

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r y

Council

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Synagogue has

s w a s t i k a ' s painted

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the d

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a n d w i n d

w

s smashed.

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SLIDE 3

04/02/2019

Leicester

City Hate

Crime

statistics

Reported Leicester,

Leicestershire, Rutland Hate

Crimes from December 2017

to November

2018.

R

eported Hate Crime by Leicestershire Police

N P A

(Leicester City has

56.5%

f
verall Hate

Crime) V O

V

Leicester

ciry council

LLR

Strategy

f

r

t a c k l i n g

h a t e

2018/2

An LLR

Hate

Action Plan linked to t h e

key themes and

priorities has

been developed

for

2018-21.

T h e

actions within the plan are

verarching

and broad

t

meet

the

needs

f
ur

diverse

communities across LLR.

T

h e m e s :

The

t h e m e s

f

this

Strategy mirror the key

themes

within

t h e Leicester,

Leicestershire and

Rutland Police

and Crime Plan 2017- 21. which

include:

To

enhance

L e i c e s t e r s h i r e Police's

r e s p

n

s e

to hate crime

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nd campaigns

Leicester

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04/02/2019

LLR

Strategy

for tackling

h a t e 2018/21

Priorities: The

2 1 8

2

1

priorities

f

r

t h i s strategy have

been

identified

as:

Raising awareness
Improving
ur

response,

identifying and

responding

to

emerging

issues

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Re-assuring,

strengthening

and

educating

commun~~

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Leicester

City Council

M

t

i

n

2018

"Leicester

C i t y Council resolves to:

Affirm

its commitment

to total social harmony.

Protect

the rights

f

all our

communities

that

make up

u

r wonderful

city

f

Leicester.

Redouble
ur

efforts to

ensure fairness

for

all

a n d work

to eliminate hate

from

ur

communities.

Encourage

those

who

encounter hate crime

to

come

forward a n d report

it to

the

Police and/or

the C

u

n c i l .

Support

further

pportunities

for

people to

come

together and celebrate the diversity

f

the City.

Remind

all other

rganisations

a n d

institutions

f

the part they have to play

in

supporting

community cohesion and combating hate

crime.

With

partners prepare

a n d

consult

upon an

action p l a n to

combat

hate crime

a n d promote community cohesion, w h i c h

will include

challenging Islamophobia

a n d p

r e j u d i c e

in all its

forms and promoting

positive

images

f

groups vulnerable to

s

tigmatisation by

mainstream media.

We

pledge

u

r

solidarity with the

people

f

Leicester

a n d

will work

with all who

a

to

support a n d help us

in maintaining

Leicester

as a

safe and secure place for ev

to

live in

a n d

thrive in".

Leicester Ciry

Council L'7

SLIDE 5

04/02/2019

Leicester

City

Council

service

examples

Equality

and

Diversity

"Leicester

City

Council

is

committed

t

equality
f
pportunity,

elimination

f

discrimination

and

p r

m
t

i

n
f

good

relations

b e t w e e n

all

p e

p

l e , regardless

f

age,

disability,

r a c e , ethnic

r

national

r

i g i n ,

sex,

gender

identity, religion

r

belief,

sexual

r

i e n t a t i

n

,

pregnancy

r

m

aternity, marital

r

c i v i l

partnership s t a t u s " .

City Mayor's

C r

w

d f u n d

I n i t i a t i v e

The

Community E n g a g e m e n t Fund aims

to

support

projects that

address the general aims

f

the Public Sector Equality

Duty.

£100,000

is being pledged t

support

crowdfunded community

p r

j

e c t bids.

Education

Everyone's

W e l c

m

e uses

the `No Outsiders'resource

and

f

r a m e w

r

k

to teach the Equality

A c t ( 2 1 )

to Leicesterprimary

s c h

l

c h i l d r e n .

N eighbourhood

Services

— African Caribbean Community

Centre,

H i g h ~ ~ ~

L

i b r a r y ,

B e a u m

n

t Leys

Library,

Stocking

Farm Community

Centre

Leicester C

lry

Coundl

Counter-Extremism

Strategy

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Countering

extremist narrative

.
Building a

partnership with all those

pposed

t

extremism
D

i s r u p t i n g extremists

B

u i l d i n g cohesive

communities '

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e i c e s t e r Ciry

Council

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SLIDE 6

04/02/2019

Community

C

r

d i n a t

r

role — ` B u i l d i n g

a

Stronger

B r i t a i n Together'

p r

g

r a m m e

A

programme

f

d i r e c t s u p p

r

t , both

in-kind and financial,

t

partners

is

available through an

pen

a n d

c

m

p e t i t i v e b i d d i n g p r

c

e s s .

The

B S B T

programme

supports

c i v i l

s

c

i e t y and

community

rganisations

w h

work

t

create more

resilient

communities, stand up

to

e x t r e m i s m

in all its forms

The

programme

w i l l build mainstream

voices, helping them t

e

x p a n d

t h e i r

r e a c h

and

a u d i e n c e .

Through

c

m

p e t i t i v e b i d d i n g rounds p a r t n e r s are able t

bid int~ie

Home

O f f i c e f

r

I n-Kind Support

(IKS) worth up

t

£75,000,
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funding

worth up t

£

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Campaigns

The UK

Government launched a n e w H a t e Crime a w a r e n e s s c a m p a i g n

in October

2 1 8 .

A series

f

p

s

t e r s and videos have been p r

d

u c e d covering r a c e ,

religion, disability,

sexual

rientation and

t r a n s g e n d e r

i d e n t i t y . +

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SLIDE 7

04/02/2019

How

c a n

people

report

a

hate

c r i m e ?

P

l

i c e

A person

can

r e p

r

t

a

hate i n c i d e n t

r

hate c r i m e to Leicestershire Police by

a number

f

ways

In an

emergency a person should always

r i n g 999

The

n

n
e

m e r g e n c y

for the Police is 101

A

p e r s

n

c a n

r e p

r

t

n

line by visiting www.stamD-it-out.co.uk

Link

t

t

h e main Force w e b s i t e :

https://leics. p

l

i ce.

u k/

To Report a

hate i n c i d e n t within Leicester City

g

t
:

h

t t p : / / w w w . l e icester.gov.

uk/your-comm u n i t y / e m e r g e n c i e s

s

a f e t y

a

n d

c

r i m e l h a t e

c

r i m e /

To

r e p

r

t a hate i n c i d e n t w i t h i n the Leicestershire County

visit:

w

w w . l e i c s . g

v

. u k / r e p

r

t h a t e

r

c a l l

t h e C

u

n t y Hate

I n c i d e n t Monitoring Project

n

0116

3058263

(during

ffice hours)

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