Hate Crime

No Place For Hate

Our Borough is proud, diverse and welcoming. Hate, abuse and discrimination have no place here — online or offline. Together, we’re calling out hate, supporting victims, encouraging reporting and celebrating the differences that make our community stronger. 

Nottinghamshire Hate Crime Pledge

The Council has signed a Hate Crime Pledge to say no to hate. As part of our commitment we will:

1. Be mindful of the language used by our organisation, our behaviour, to reduce the likelihood of causing offence, and act inclusively in our dealings with people so no-one feels left out.
2. Challenge inappropriate language/banter within our personal, social and work environments and speak out against all forms of prejudice and discrimination.
3. Be a visible advocate for those experiencing hate crime/incidents and do our best to tackle prejudice and to stop those who, because of hate or ignorance, would hurt anyone or violate their dignity.
4. Try at all times to be aware of our own prejudices and seek to gain understanding of those who we may perceive as being different from ourselves.
5. Reach out to support those who are targets of hate, recognising that small acts of kindness to those at risk of being victims of hate crime/incidents make a difference.
6. Encourage all our employees to behave in the manner outlined above; ensure all our employees are trained to be aware of hate crime issues and know how to respond to victims who report incidents.
7. Share information about hate crimes that come to the attention of our organisation with the Safer Nottinghamshire Board Hate Crime Steering Group to contribute to creating a better picture of hate crime in the County and City.
8. Ensure that policies and procedures developed within our organisation deal effectively with hate crime or incidents that occur, whether against members or the public or staff or between employees in the workplace.
9. Think about specific ways our organisation and all those who work for us can promote respect for all people and make Nottinghamshire a place where people feel safe.
10. Promote and implement policies in our organisation that promote diversity and equality and challenge all forms of discrimination.

Hate crimes and hate incidents

A hate crime is:

Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.'

A hate incident is:

Any incident which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender. Evidence of the hate element is not a requirement. You do not need to personally perceive the incident for it to be hate related. It would be enough if another person, a witness or even a police officer thought that the incident was hate related. 

How to report a hate incident or crime

• Contact Broxtowe Borough Council's Equality and Diversity Officer on 0115 917 3712

• Call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 to speak to trained officers in confidence. Always dial 999 in an emergency.

• You can also report a Hate Crime online to True Vision. (Opens in a New Window)