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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Home Office confirms ‘clear spike’ in hate crime after Southport murders

Police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales has risen for the first time in three years, including increases in both racially and religiously motivated offences.

Hate crimes targeted at Muslims were up by almost a fifth, with the Home Office noting a spike in these offences after the Southport murders last summer and the riots which followed.

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