Hate incidents

All hate crimes and incidents should be reported. By reporting incidents, you will enable the police, local councils, housing associations etc to build up patterns of behaviour locally, and highlight areas of concern within your community. This information will be used to undertake targeted multi-agency work to reduce the risk of hate crime and address the causes.

There are routes that can be followed to ensure that a hate incident is recorded and properly investigated.

If an incident is witnessed by, or reported to a member of staff they will record details of the incident and ensure it is investigated.

A hate incident is defined as "any incident which may or may not constitute a criminal offence that is perceived by the victim, or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate" (Association of Chief Police Officers).

Hate Crimes

By reporting hate crime you can get the support you may need and help ensure that offenders are brought to justice and cannot to the same to other people. In an emergency you should:

• Call 999 or 112
• If you cannot make voice calls, you can now contact the 999 emergency services by SMS text from your mobile phone. However, you will only be able to use this service if you have registered with emergencySMS first. See the emergencySMS website for details.

You can report hate crimes to the Police in a number of ways. You could call the non-emergency number 01642 326326, visit a police station or report it on line at http://www.cleveland.police.uk/advice-information/hate-crime.aspx