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Sutton is once again involved with promoting and supporting National Hate Crime Awareness Week which runs from 8 - 15 October 2022.

What is a Hate Crime?

A Hate Crime is any criminal offence that is motivated by hostility and prejudice towards a person’s identity or perceived identity. The following are the five nationally monitored strands:

  • Disability
  • Race
  • Religion/Faith
  • Sexual Orientation

  • Transgender Identity

How to report Hate Crime

Stop Hate UK is here to help you report a hate crime, receive support before, during and after and to help you understand the process.

Come along to our events

Suton is proud to be a thriving diverse place. During National Hate Crime Awareness Week, we want to celebrate this and look at what more we can do to ensure that everyone is made to feel safe and welcome. We are running activities throughout the week, and everyone is welcome to visit our information stands and take part in our public workshops. Details are on the Sutton Police's Facebook page.

We are proud to be partnered with the Metropolitan Police, Stop Hate UK, Community Action Sutton, Victim Support, Riverside Community Centre, Orchard Hill College, Carshalton College and local Councillors. We want to know if you feel safe and welcome in Sutton and what we can do to ensure it is open to everyone. Hate should never be tolerated. Everyone has the right to be themselves.

Councillor Trish Fivey, Mayor of the London Borough of Sutton, said:

"Our aim is to bring people together; to stand with those affected by Hate Crime; to remember those we have lost and those who need our support in tackling a hugely damaging problem currently threatening our society."

Councillor Jake Short, Lead Member for Equalities and against Hate Crime - Carshalton Central Ward, said:

"This year's National Hate Crime Awareness Week comes in the midst of rapidly increasing attacks against minority communities, especially the transgender community. It is essential that we stand with minority communities against hatred and intolerance.

"This week is about raising awareness, solidarity and support for communities across our borough and the country as a whole. I'm very grateful to Stop Hate UK, the Metropolitan Police and all of our other partners for running such a wide range of events over the course of this week."