Indicator in all countries

Overall numbers of racist & hate crime

• Austria
• Bulgaria

  There is no accurate data on racist and hate crime.

• Cyprus

  Over the period 2005-2009 breakdown offered by the police is as follows: (The total does not add up to 37 as some of the incidents extend to more than one classification of the categories of incidents):

  • Thirteen instances of violence against the person;
  • Twenty four instances of violence against property;
  • Four instances of verbal threats and abusive behaviour – including harassment and hate speech;
• Denmark

  The overall number of racist and hate crimes in 2010 was 334 cases.

• Finland
• France

  2012 Official figures of the Ministry of the Interior regarding racist violence (January-September):  Anti-Semitism: 432 acts and threats, Anti-Muslim: 140 acts and threats, Racism and xenophobia: 571 acts and threats.

• Germany

  Overall number of politically motivated right-wing crimes increased

• Greece

  No official data available. 267 cases from 2007 to 2012 have been reported at the i-RED Database on Racist Violence.

• Hungary

  20 registered cases, 14 prosecuted cases.

• Ireland

  Most recent statistics are availalble up to 2010.

• Italy

  142 hate crime (year: 2009).

• Poland

  The prosecutorial system recorded 158 new proceedings reffering to racism in the first six months of 2012.

• Portugal

  There are no overall numbers for racist and hate-motivated crimes. Such definition is not used by the entities that collect data on racism. 

• Romania

  There is no official data collection and information gathering mechanism that addresses specifically racist hate crime throughout the judicial system.

• Slovenia

  52  cases of public incitement to hatred, violence or intolerance (Article 297 of the Criminal Code), handled by the police in 2011 and 37 cases in the first half of 2012.

  1 case of violation of right to equality (Article 131 of the Criminal Code), handled by the police in 2011.

• Spain

  No official data. Spain is one of the few European Union countries that does not have statistics.

   

• Sweden

  Yes. In 2011, there were 3936 reported cases of racist and xenophobic hate crimes.