Disability hate crime up but charges brought in less than 2% of cases

Less than 2 per cent of disability hate crimes in England and Wales result in a criminal charge, charities have found.

Freedom of Information Requests put in by Leonard Cheshire and United Response found that 7,333 such crimes were reported to forces in England and Wales in 2019/20, of which 118 led to a charge or court summons. Two-thirds of the 36 forces that...