Ealing reports 11 per cent rise in hate crimes, launches strategy

Summarised from MyLondon's report · Updated 9 Oct, 12:55 · Archive

Hate crime reports in Ealing have increased by 11 per cent, with racist and religious offences making up 87 per cent of cases.

Ealing Council has launched a new hate crime strategy after reporting an 11 per cent increase in hate crimes across the borough. Racist and religious offences made up 87.3 per cent of all recorded hate crimes, with racist hostility present in 77.5 per cent of cases. Asian residents accounted for the largest share of victims at 35.5 per cent, followed by Black victims at 28.3 per cent and White victims at 25.9 per cent.

The highest concentrations of offences were recorded in Ealing Broadway with 124 cases over two years, followed by Norwood Green with 118. Racist and religious crime saw the largest volume increase, adding 43 offences year on year between June 2024 and May 2026, while disability hate crime experienced the steepest relative surge, nearly doubling with a 90.9 per cent increase. Transgender hate crime rose 85.7 per cent, though police data notes such incidents remain heavily underreported.

Despite the local increase, Ealing's hate crime rate per 1,000 residents remains approximately 15 per cent lower than the London-wide average. The council's Cabinet approved a four-point strategy on 7 October, with prevention and awareness as the first priority, including targeted campaigns and anti-hate crime resources embedded into school curriculums through the Personal, Social, Health and Economic network.

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• Ealing seeing spike in racial and religious hate crime - here's what council is doing about itHate crime has increased by 11 per cent across the West London borough since 2024MyLondon · 9 Oct, 11:21

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