11 April 2024 - 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of Scottish new law
Scottish police receive 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of new law
Simeon Kerr (Financial Times, 10/04/2024)
Scottish police received more than 7,000 hate crime complaints in the first week of April, a “substantial increase” since the contentious law challenged by author JK Rowling was enacted at the start of the month.
More than 7,000 hate crimes logged in first week of new law, Police Scotland confirms
Jenness Mitchell (Sky News, 10/04/2024)
From 1-7 April, the force received 7,152 online hate reports.
Of these, 240 were recorded as hate crimes - 3.3% of all reports - while 30 were logged as non-crime hate incidents, meaning they did not meet the threshold for a criminal offence.
Only 3.8% of hate crime law complaints authentic so far, says Police Scotland
Severin Carrell (The Guardian, 10/04/2024)
Police Scotland has said only a small number of the thousands of reports lodged so far under Scotland’s controversial hate crime act were authentic.
Hate crime law could help eradicate abuse towards minorities – charity
Rebecca McCurdy (The Independent, 10/04/2024)
Hate crime laws in Scotland could help “eradicate” abuse targeted towards marginalised communities, a charity representative has said.