2024/27374 Racist Attacks

REQUEST

1) The number of businesses who were victims of reported verbal and physical racist attacks for the periods of 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 and 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.

I would like information restricted to the following types of businesses; convenience store, corner shop, grocery store, supermarket, newsagent, symbol group, tobacconist, off licence and independent retailer.

2) Whether the attack was physical or verbal.

3) The ethnicity of the victim.

Ideally, I would like these figures broken down month-on-month.

RESPONSE