Police have recorded over 2,000 ‘non-crime hate incidents’ by under-17s since 2014.
Police are recording ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHIs) committed by children.
NCHIs can be recorded when someone is accused of showing ‘hostility towards religion, race or transgender identity’, but no crime has been committed. There does not need to be any evidence of hate – just as with hate crimes more broadly, the only requirement is that the victim or anyone else perceives the motive of the non-crime incident to have been hateful.
