In the year ending March 2026, there were 146,825 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, a 7% increase compared with the previous year (when there were 137,560 offences).
There was a 9% increase in race hate crimes and a 13% rise in religious hate crimes recorded by the police over the last year.
Within religious hate crimes, there was a 15% rise in hate crimes targeted at Muslims and a 10% increase in those targeted at Jews.
There were falls in the other 3 strands; sexual orientation hate crimes fell by 1%, disability hate crimes by 5% and transgender hate crimes by 4%.
Full details https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2026/hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2026
Have only skim read, but posting because of earlier thread re figures to March 2025
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5584875-hate-crime-england-and-wales-year-ending-march-2025