A hate crime is an incident that is believed, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone's race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or gender.

Incidents can take many forms:

• Verbal abuse
• Intimidation
• malicious gossip or rumours
• graffiti
• property damage
• physical assault
• threatening or offensive behaviour
• threatening or offensive language
• bullying
• theft

Report it

You should report an incident if you:

• are the victim of a hate incident
• witnessed a hate incident

To report an incident:

• call the Police on 101 or 999 if it is an emergency
• report online through the Kent Police website
• text ‘Police’ followed by your message to 60066
• use the True Vision website
• contact CrimeStoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111
• Tell MAMA (Measuring anti-Muslim Attacks)
• Community Security Trust (Protecting the Jewish Community).

The Community Safety Partnership

The Community Safety Partnerships of Kent and Medway have a hate incident reporting line. If you wish to speak to someone other than the police, call 0800 138 1624. The service is run by trained, non-police staff and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.