Hate crime is when someone commits a crime against you because of your disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity.
We take hate crime seriously and will not tolerate discrimination of any kind.
Hate crimes can include:
- Deliberate and targeted acts intended to deter residents from living in their home or to force them to leave
- Abusive / threatening behaviour
- Assault / physical attacks
- Robbery
- Damage to property/ graffiti / arson
- Inciting others to commit hate crimes
- Harassment and intimidation
- Online abuse.
We're committed to effectively tackling and deterring hate crime.
Please contact us if you’ve been affected by hate crime. We will:
- Ask for the details to make sure that we fully understand the issue and the impact it’s having on you.
- Agree an action plan.
- Take reports seriously and take the necessary steps to protect our residents. This can mean working in partnership with other agencies such as the police to resolve cases of hate crime.
- Make sure that you are kept updated throughout the case, and explain if we are unable to share specific details.
- Provide a range of options to help support victims of hate crime.
- Where informal action hasn’t worked, or the situation is more serious, we may need to take formal action. This could include injunctions and, as a last resort, even seeking possession of a home.
If you believe a crime is being committed, or if you have been threatened or assaulted, please report it to the police immediately.
In an emergency call 999 or non-emergency call 101.