Liverpool’s LGBTQ+ community have asked the government to do more to protect people in the community.
Their call to action comes after figures from the Home Office highlighted that hate crimes in some areas across England and Wales had hit a new record high in 2022. The new statistics, published on Thursday, October 6, detailed at least 155,841 recorded hate crimes between March 2021 and March this year.
The Home Office defines a hate crime as “any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic”. These characteristics include race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, or gender-diverse identity.
