Hate crime is wrong, it is against the law and everyone has the right to live safely and without fear. No two individuals are ever the same; embrace individuality and help put an end to hate crime by reporting it.
A hate crime is any incident that constitutes a criminal offence and the victim, or anyone else, believes it to be motivated by prejudice or hate because of the following:
- Sex or gender
- Race
- Sexual orientation
- Gender reassignment
- Region or belief
- Disability
- Age
- Pregnancy and maternity
Report hate crime
Non emergency
- Phone 101
- Report crime online – dorset.police.uk/contact
- Minicom/textphone 18001 101
- SMS/Text 67101
- SignLive (via BSL interpreters)
Emergency
- If a crime is in progress, call 999
- SMS/Text 999 (pre-registered)
- Minicom/textphone 18000