Rise in hate crimes against disabled
Police figures show jump of 140% but campaigners say real figures could be much higher and call for action to reduce transgender hate crime
Greater Manchester Police have reported a rise in hate crimes with trans and disability hate crime seeing the highest rise compared to national average.
A total of 4,102 hate crimes were reported in 2014/2015, with disability being up 140% compared to the previous year.
Oldham in particular has seen a continuous rise after disability hate crime doubled in the previous year, showing that little has been done to prevent hate crime in the area.
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Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Shadow Minister for Disabled, said that the number of victims could actually be significantly higher, according to Mancunian Matters.
"The co-ordinator of the Disability Hate Crime Network has said that reported crimes underestimate the true scale of the problem as there is significant under-reporting,” she is reported as saying.
These figures follow the report that hate crime is up 18% in the UK, with many still being underreported.