Racist incidents, England and Wales

The number of reported incidents to police forces in England and Wales. A "racist incident" is any incident, including any crime, which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person. Racist incident statistics appear annually in the Ministry of Justice publication Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System (accessible on-line at: www.justice.gov.uk/publications/raceandcjs.htm), which brings together statistical information on how members of the Black and Minority Ethnic community are represented in the CJS as suspects, offenders, victims and as employees/practitioners.