West Midlands Police are investigating a racially and religiously aggravated assault of a 14-year-old boy in Walsall. The teenager was assaulted by up to six people in Pleck Park around 5pm on March 6, 2026, with those involved described as wearing all black clothing.

North Yorkshire Police arrested a 15-year-old boy from York on June 26, 2025, as part of an investigation into racist hate crime. This followed an incident on June 22 where a group of youths attacked two men with tennis rackets and sticks while subjecting them to racist abuse due to being Muslims.

In the year ending March 2024, police in England and Wales recorded 140,561 hate crimes, with race hate crimes accounting for 98,799 offences, a 5% decrease from the previous year. Overall, 7 in 10 of all hate crimes were racially motivated.

Police have apologised for handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying after being stabbed in Southampton in December 2025. His killer, Vickrum Digwa, falsely told police he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak, leading officers to arrest the dying student.

Two teenage boys have been sentenced following the murder of a father who was fatally stabbed in the heart during an unprovoked racist attack. Marcus Staniforth, 17, and a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, approached Kamran Aman, 38, after he had delivered groceries to his mother's home in Barry, south Wales. During and after the attack, the younger boy was heard shouting racist abuse.

A teenage girl was reportedly subjected to a racist, Islamophobic attack in broad daylight in Bolton town centre last weekend. Her family say the 17-year-old Muslim girl was leaving the Market Place Shopping Centre with her mother on the afternoon of Sunday, December 28 when the attack happened. Speaking to The Bolton News, the girl's uncle says that a man who appeared to have left the Knowsley Street McDonald's threw coffee in her face and called her a “P*ki b*tch”.

A nine-year-old girl was shot with an airgun in what is being treated as a racially aggravated assault in Bristol, say police, who have increased patrols in the area. The victim, who has been left “traumatised”, was hit three times by a pellet and the white male suspect, thought to be 17 to 18 years old, shouted racially abusive language at the girl, Avon and Somerset police said.

Bodycam footage released after the sentencing of Vickrum Digwa shows officers handcuffing 18-year-old stabbing victim Henry Nowak, who repeatedly told them he had been attacked. Digwa had falsely claimed Nowak launched a racist assault, leading police to bypass the bleeding victim and place him in handcuffs.

School suspensions for racist incidents have more than doubled in recent years in the UK, with reports of 'children as young as four being sent home for racist behaviour.' This indicates a society where racism is prevalent and school systems are struggling to address the issue.

A man who rescued his 14-year-old stepdaughter from a racist attack was later beaten to death in front of her at the hospital where she had gone for treatment, police said yesterday. Gwent police are treating the attack on Jan Marthin Pasalbessi, 48, which took place outside the Royal Gwent hospital in Newport, south Wales, on Monday evening, as a racially motivated assault. Three males, aged 15, 17, and 21, and a woman of 19, were held overnight at Newport Central police station for questioning.

A teenage boy, who was moved to attend his very first protest after seeing scenes of George Floyd's death in the United States, ended up getting assaulted in what he says was a racist attack from far right supporters. The Metropolitan Police says it is now investigating the incident, after this programme went to them with the details. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Amanda Pearson said this incident is being treated as a racially aggravated assault.

In St Albans, a man was racially abused and assaulted, and a teenager was struck with a metal object during a pair of attacks in The Maltings on Thursday, May 28. Shortly after the man was racially abused, a male teenager was also sworn at and hit on the wrist with a metal object.

The most common hate crimes in the UK are racially motivated. In the years 2023-2024, there were 98,799 crimes perpetrated on the basis of race. Following the year 2020, any hate crimes that are motivated by race or religion are subject to face harsher sentencing in a criminal court.

Hate crimes against East and Southeast Asian people in the UK have increased significantly post-COVID-19, with a report from the UK Home Office in March 2025 indicating that 33% of hate crime victims identified as Asian. Incidents often involve teenagers, with 53% of recent offenders believed to be under 30 years old.

Newport County can confirm that, following a thorough and collaborative investigation into an alleged racist incident during Saturday's Sky Bet League Two fixture against Colchester United, it has been concluded that no act of racism occurred. The club worked closely with Gwent Police and stadium officials, carefully reviewing CCTV footage and gathering all available evidence.

Newport County is aware of an alleged racist action directed towards an opposing player during Saturday's fixture against Colchester United. The alleged incident occurred in the 27th minute. Working closely with Gwent Police, Colchester United, and our in-house safety team, the individual alleged to have carried out this act has been identified. An investigation is now underway.

Hate crime is any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated, or perceived to be motivated, by hostility or prejudice based upon the victim's: race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or national origins. The CPS takes hate crime very seriously and has specific policies in place for each type of offending.