A Non-Crime Hate Incident is when someone behaves in an unfriendly, aggressive or angry way towards a person and the person reporting the incident perceives this behaviour to be motivated by a hatred towards their race, religion, sexuality, gender identity or disability.

A Non-Crime Hate Incident is recorded as a non-crime; meaning that the person’s report will not be investigated because no criminal offence has been committed. 

Hate Incidents can feel like a crime for the person reporting because they have felt distressed and upset, and so it is important that North Wales Police are made aware of them so that the person reporting the incident is fully supported by our Hate Crime Coordinators. 

Hate Crimes are when criminal offences are committed because of someone’s religion, race, sexuality, gender or disability. Hate crimes are investigated. The police will look to identify the person responsible and bring them to justice. 

These types of incidents can have a significant effect on the community and can cause misery to people and lead to having feelings of insecurity. 

We will: • Investigate all incidents involving hate crimes. • Take positive action where we can. • Keep you informed about the investigation. • The police take all types of hate crime very seriously and we encourage you to report these incidents to the police. • 

The police work with a number of other agencies and can offer help, support and advice in dealing with hate incidents and hate crimes. If in doubt, report it. 

You can report hate incidents and crimes via 101 (999 in an emergency) via Facebook @NorthWalesPolice or Twitter @NWPolice or on our website www.northwales.police.uk 

If you do not want to report the incident direct to the police, we have a number of Safe Reporting Centres you can visit to report incidents and access help and information. Look for the stop hate logo which identifies 3rd party reporting centres. 

You can also download the Stop Hate App which enables you to report issues via your smartphone. 

STOP HATE UK 0800 138 1625 24-hour helpline www.stophateuk.org 

You can also report via third party agencies like Victim Support who can liaise with police on your behalf. www.reporthate.victimsupport.org.uk 0300 30 31 982