Tory ministers have been branded "soft on crime" after a "staggering" rise in hate violence.
New analysis of Home Office figures reveals a 400% increase in hate crime in some regions of England and Wales over the last decade.
Hate crime offences rocketed from 3,293 in the Yorkshire and Humber region in 2012/13 to 17,411 in 2021/22 – a five-fold increase.
Racially motivated hate crime in the region also rose from 2,757 in 2012/13 to 12,018 in 2021/22.
Over the same period, violent crimes rose as a proportion of hate crime offences across the country, from 29% in 2012/13 to 41% in 2021/22.
Anneliese Dodds, Labour's Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary said: "The staggering year-on-year rise in violent hate crime lays bare the Conservatives’ decade of failure to keep our communities safe.
“Criminals have never had it so good under the soft-on-crime Conservatives."
The analysis also found more than 100,000 racially motivated crimes had been recorded last year for the first time ever.
All monitored strands of hate crime - including crimes motivated by race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender identity and disability - increased over the decade.
Crimes motivated by religion increased by 433%, by sexual orientation 493% and transgender identity 1,263%.
Hate crime related to disability rose more than seven-fold, from 1,676 in 2011/12 to almost 13,000 in 2021/22.
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has committed to a £360m plan to improve community safety by recruiting 13,000 more police officers and community support officers.
Ms Dodds added: “Only Labour has a fully-costed plan to keep our communities safe by recruiting 13,000 more police and community support officers.
“We will act to tackle the wider racial inequality and injustice that scars our communities by introducing a landmark Race Equality Act, and make misogyny a hate crime to tackle the epidemic of violence against women and girls under the Conservatives."
A Home Office spokesperson said: “Hate crime is a scourge on communities across the country. It does not reflect the values of modern Britain.
“While the rise in cases is likely to be largely driven by improvements in police recording, these can be serious crimes such as assault and we cannot be complacent. We expect the police to fully investigate these hateful attacks and make sure the cowards who commit them feel the full force of the law.”
