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04/02/2019 Council L eicester C i t y e Crime a pproach to H a t &Community N eighbourhood Services 23~d January —Wednesday I nvolvement Scrutiny 019 2 C CU ° ~ L eicester C ity C o u n d l B ackground details: Against Hate' report 2016 T he Home Office's 'Action race, religion, hostility on the grounds o f A crime that i s motivated by be classed as a disability or transgende~ idei~titV can s exual orientation, h ate crime.' record incidents a n d Leicestershire and Rutland w e W ithin Leicester, including a category for five categories, as well as c rimes against t h e s e align with Leicestershire perceived difference' in order to ' any other hate. P olice's recording of (~ differences between hate slide b e l o w are the D etailed in the ~O2 crimes. i ncidents and V L eicester a ny co~~ca

04/02/2019 D efinitions r ~~ ~~ J i .LL ? ~ i _ _ ~ ~ _ — - _ t i ~ _ ~~~~ ` ~~ ~~ . R - - - r --•~~DOESN'T N E E D T A B E - - _ ~ . v ' S a ~~li~I.ENTTO_BE,A _ . HAfiF-~TtI!~= . ~O~ L eices[er c r y c a ~ c n D e f i n i t i o n s H a t e Incident -any non -crime incident which i s perceived b y the victim or any o ther person, to be motivated by h o s t i l i t y or prejudice. S ome examples of hate i n c i d e n t s : • A p e r s o n is bullied or intimidated a n d perceives t h i s behaviour as b e i n g m otivated b e c a u s e of 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 o w n i n t o 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 b y homophobia. H ate G r i m e -any c r i m i n a l o f f e n c e which i s perceived b y t h e victim or any other p erson, t o be motivated by hostility or p r e j u d i c e . S ome examples o f h a t e crime: ~~ • An offender shouts racist abuse whilst physically assaulting a perso~iCesce~ Q r y Council • A Synagogue has s w a s t i k a ' s painted on the d o o r a n d w i n d o w s smashed. 2

04/02/2019 Crime statistics L eicester City Hate 2018. from December 2017 to November Leicestershire, Rutland Hate Crimes R eported Leicester, Number: Crime: C ategory o f Hate 1170 R ace 166 S exual orientation 119 R eligion 75 D isability 35 T ransgender culture 7 A l t e r n a t i v e sub 1606 T otal City has 56.5% o f overall Hate Leicestershire Police N P A (Leicester R eported Hate Crime by C rime) Crimes / Numbers o f Hate N eighbourhood PoticeArea: 260 (16.5%) C entral Leicester 307 (19.5 % ) E ast Leicester 171 (10.9 % ) H inckley & B o s w o r t h 182 (11.6%) C harnwood 87 ( 5 . 5 % ) N orth West Leicestershire V O V 89 (5.7 % ) E astern Counties L eicester 169 (10.8 % ) c iry council S outh Leicester 306 (19.5 % ) W est Leicester 2018/2 l i n g h a t e L LR Strategy f o r t a c k been themes and priorities has Action Plan linked to t h e key A n LLR Hate overarching and broad within the plan are d eveloped for 2018-21. T h e actions diverse communities across LLR. o meet the needs of our t T h e m e s : t h e Leicester, Strategy mirror the key themes within T he t h e m e s of this Plan 2017- 21. which include: Rutland Police and Crime L eicestershire and o n s e to hate crime c e s t e r s h i r e Police's r e s p • To enhance L e i increase s a t i s f a c t i o n improve user experience and T o wo~~ development of effective partnership support and influence t h e T o a campaigns nd Leicester cy co~~~n a

04/02/2019 L LR Strategy for tackling h a t e 2018/21 P rioriti es: T he 2 0 1 8 - 2 1 priorities f o r t h i s strategy have been identified a s: • Raising awareness • Improving our response, identifying and responding to e merging issues Cpl • Re -assuring, strengthening and educating commun~~ r ~ ~~ Y ~o~~~~~ L eicester City Council M o t i o n 2018 " Leicester C i t y Council resolves to: • Affirm its commitment to total social harmony. • Protect the rights o f all our communities that make up o u r wonderful city o f Leicester. • Redouble our efforts to ensure fairness for all a n d work to eliminate hate from our c ommunities. • Encourage those who encounter hate crime to come forward a n d report it to the P olice and/or the C o u n c i l . • Support further opportunities for people to come together and celebrate the diversity o f the City. • Remind all other organisations a n d institutions of the part they have to play in s upporting 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 p romote 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 o f groups vulnerable to s tigmatisation by mainstream media. W e pledge o u r solidarity with the people of Leicester a n d will work with all who a t o support a n d help us in maintaining Leicester as a safe and secure place for ev t o live in a n d thrive in". Leicester C iry Council L'7

04/02/2019 examples Council -service L eicester City o equality of City Council is committed t and Diversity - "Leicester E quality of good relations discrimination and p r o m o t i o n o pportunity, elimination of national o r i g i n , e , ethnic or regardless of age, disability, r a c e t w e e n all p e o p l e , b pregnancy or o r i e n t a t i o n , religion or belief, sexual s ex, gender identity, s " . aternity, marital or c i v i l partnership s t a t u m Fund aims to Community E n g a g e m e n t r o w d f u n d I n i t i a t i v e -The C ity Mayor's C Public Sector Equality general aims of the projects that address the s upport t crowdfunded community p r o j e c is being pledged t o support £100,000 D uty. b ids. and Outsiders'resource -Everyone's W e l c o m e uses the `No E ducation Leicesterprimary s c h o o l c h i l d r e n . to teach the Equality A c t ( 2 0 1 0 ) f r a m e w o r k to Centre, H i g h ~ ~ ~ — African Caribbean Community Services N eighbourhood Centre Stocking Farm Community n t Leys Library, L i b r a r y , B e a u m o Leicester C lry Coundl C ounter -Extremism Strategy ~~~, I extremist narrative • Countering - . with all those Building a partnership • t o extremism o pposed p t i n g extremists • D i s r u cohesive communities • B u i l d i n g Cp2 ' - JV ~ e r L e i c e s t C iry Council 5

04/02/2019 C ommunity C o o r d i n a t o r role — ` B u i l d i n g a S tronger B r i t a i n Together' p r o g r a m m e • A programme of d i r e c t s u p p o r t , both in -kind and financial, t o p artners is available through an open a n d c o m p e t i t i v e b i d d i n g p r o c e s s . • The B S B T programme supports c i v i l s o c i e t y and community o rganisations w h o work t o create more resilient communities, stand u p 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 o 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 o 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 o bid int~ie H ome O f f i c e f o r I n -Kind Support (IKS) worth up t o £75,000, o~gip~. f unding worth up t o £ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ~•~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ Leicester a ny c o ~ ~ d i C ampaigns T he 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 0 1 8 . A series o f p o s t e r s and videos have been p r o d u c e d covering r a c e , religion, disability, sexual o rientation and t r a n s g e n d e r i d e n t i t y . + -~ Q pv , ~~,~ f ~ ~ - ~ ~ Cho ~ ~ L e i c e s t e r C lry Coundl