What is hate crime?

Hate crime is any offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by the offender’s hatred of people who are seen as being different. You can be a victim of hate crime because of your race, religion, disability, age, sexuality or gender.

Why report hate crime?

You can:

• help police investigate an incident which may contribute to an arrest and/or prosecution
• help police to understand patterns of behaviour
• provide a true picture of what is happening within your community
• help prevent these types of crimes happening to someone else

Report an incident

You can report any type of hate crime, however small the incident, including criminal damage, assault, verbal abuse and harassment.

Choose from the following methods:

• call the Kent Racial Incident Reporting line on freephone 0800 138 1624
• call the Kent Homophobic and Transphobic Incident Reporting Line on freephone 0800 328 9162
• call Kent Police on 01622 690690 - there are specially trained officers in your area that you can speak to in confidence
• visit www.report-it.org.uk - this is the website of True Vision 

Disability Hate Crime

Truevision has launched a new reporting form for those targetted as a result of their physical disability, sensory impairment, learning disability or mental health needs. Hate crimes and incidents can be against the peson or property.

Disability Hate Crime hurts. By reporting it you can help yourself or another and may help prevent it from happening to someone else.

An easy read version is available in print on request.

TrueVision

Truevision also provides information on reporting hate crime and specifically for race, religion and the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender communities.

Support and information is available, whether you have experienced or witnessed a hate crime or want to find out more on someone else's behalf.

Visit TrueVision and find out more.

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Minorities team in Canterbury and Thanet

The team works in the east of Kent to help people from minority groups who are victims of crime.

The team brings detectives investigating crimes and community liaison officers closer together to help support those from minority groups who report incidents.

Members of the team, who are based at Herne Bay, are investigators Detective Constable Ellen Cartwright and John Tharp and Community Liaison Officers PCs Kath Mole, Chris Porter and Neil Askew. 

Medway Hate Crime Unit

The Medway hate crime unit is a dedicated team working for people from all the different strands of diversity in Medway.

The team is there to support all minority groups with experienced detectives, community liaison officers and police community support officers working together for our community.

Based at Medway Police station, Gillingham are

• Detective Sergeant Sallie Baisley
• PCs Julie Germaney and Terry Sims
• PCSO Supervisor Quentin Moss
• PCSO Ismail Malik

To contact the team, please call 01634 792541 or email Medway hate crime unit.