Chicago officials said they were planning to send actor Jussie Smollett a bill for the cost of the investigation into claims that he was a victim of a "hate crime."

British police have been encouraging the public to report NCHIs, described as “any non-crime incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by hostility or prejudice,” on official hate crime sites.

Braverman said her team at the UK Home Office would also look closely at non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs).

The atrocity made global headlines and inspired Congress to pass federal hate crime legislation that increased penalties for crimes motivated by race, color, religion or ethnicity.

An organisation dedicated to upholding free speech in Britain has succeeded in getting a non-crime hate incident (NCHI) from one of its members permanently deleted from the police record.

NEW YORK—New York has seen an uptick in hate crimes, while overall crime rates decline, new statistics show.

"If people have committed hate crimes, then they need to be dealt with by the full force of the law. There's no role for them in the Labour Party," he told BBC Radio.

A Kentucky researcher doubts reports of a growing hate-crime problem in the United States in recent years, arguing that the increase in hate-crime reports in 2017 can mostly be explained away as hoaxed crimes and erroneously interpreted data.

The number of hate crimes fell slightly, from 4,841 incidents in 2024 to 4,708 in 2025. The three-percent drop followed a significant increase from 2018 to 2024, when hate crimes more than doubled.

The New York Police Department is investigating a possible hate crime after a man allegedly stabbed two people in Manhattan. Witnesses say he yelled the Islamic phrase “Allahu Akbar” during the attacks.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said in a statement that hate crimes were "despicable violations" of America's values. "I am particularly troubled by the increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes," Whitaker said.

Now the police are investigating the so-called protest and vandalism as a possible hate crime, the Metropolitan Police Department told the Associated Press.

President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. were among those reacting to the revelation that, according to law enforcement officials, actor Jussie Smollett faked a hate crime attack and blamed it on supporters of the president.

The UK does not have a single statue that handles what is often dubbed as "hate crime."

“We’ve been talking more about hate crime lately,” the post states. “Not because it’s trending, because it’s happening.” The post continues “as you can see, we get mail.”

Combatting Hate Act Bill C-9, known as the Combatting Hate Act, came into force on July 18, amending the Criminal Code to strengthen protections against hate-motivated crimes.

Compared to 2013, however, hate crime was slightly less. Compared to 2010, hate crime in 2015 had dropped almost 12 percent. 

When the United States grappled with anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021, Beijing saw an opportunity to divert attention away from human rights abuses in its own country.

A subsequent joint investigation by the Toronto Police Service Hate Crime Unit and the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team gathered evidence “supporting the allegation that the accused acted for the benefit of, and in association with

A woman from Chicago who live-streamed the racially-charged beating of a disabled Caucasian teen pleaded guilty to hate crimes on Friday. She was sentenced to four years of probation.

Meechan was arrested by police for allegedly committing a hate crime by sharing the footage in April 2016.

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a July 23 post on X that the suspect shouted "Allahu Akbar" during both attacks and that investigators were evaluating whether the stabbings constituted a hate crime.

Tanishia Covington, 24,  of Chicago, is charged with aggravated kidnapping, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

“I've never even be questioned on racial or hate crime ever in my life, I speak facts,” he said. Robinson said he believed there was a broader effort to prevent conservative figures from being given a platform, a view Hanson agreed with.

CPD Arrested and Charged all four offenders with Hate Crime, as well as other charges, from West Side kidnapping and attack.

Ryan was asked about reports or racist graffiti and hate crimes after Tuesday's presidential election.

Attacking a police officer might be a hate crime in Texas if a new bill passes. Texas state Rep. Jason Jason Villalba, a Republican, introduced Texas House Bill 429, which would make attacks against officers hate crimes.

When the United States grappled with anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021, Beijing saw an opportunity to divert attention away from human rights abuses in its own country.

Brothers Scott, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, were accused of beating and urinating on a homeless Mexican man in Boston last August.

To illustrate the danger of allowing governments to punish “wrong” opinions, Toronto police stopped a Rebel News billboard truck on July 23, 2026, and began investigating an alleged hate crime.