Hate Crime Plan
Hate Crime Plan
In October 2024, Greater Manchester launched a new Hate Crime Plan that focuses on education and raising awareness of hate crime, its consequences and how to report it, while also improving support for victims.
The new plan sets our how partners will work together over the next four years to prevent and tackle hate in its many forms and make our communities safer and stronger for all.
Read the Hate Crime Plan 2024-2028 (2.53MB)
October 2020 saw a comprehensive plan launch outlining how hate crime will be tackled and communities brought together in Greater Manchester over the three years.
The plan to tackle hate crime aimed to raise awareness of hate crimes and encourage people to report them, while also improving support for victims of hate incidents.
Read the Hate Crime Plan 2020-2023 (PDF, 3.2MB)
Hate Crime Plan 2020-2023 - Easy Read Version (PDF, 2.6MB)
Hate crime is defined as ‘any criminal offences perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility, prejudice, towards someone based on a personal characteristic’. In Greater Manchester hate crime is monitored across six strands: race, religion, sexual orientation, trans identity, disability and alternative subcultures.
Anyone who has been a victim or a witness of hate, is encouraged to report it to Greater Manchester Police on '101' or visit to report or receive help and support.
letsendhatecrime.com (external website)
Social Cohesion Commission
In September 2017, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, set up an independent commission to consider how to tackle hateful extremism, social exclusion and radicalisation.