Hate crime in Southend-on-Sea

This evening I attended a members’ development event on hate crime. Some interesting (and horrifying in many ways) statistics were presented.

Between 1^st January 2018 and 3^rd September 2018 there were 335 recorded hate crimes in Southend-on-Sea. Of these, 206 were racial in character.

The ward with the most hate crime is Milton. Victoria is second, Blenheim Park third.

Southend-on-Sea has the highest levels of hate crime in Essex.

Here is a handy link - essex.police.uk/advice/hate-crime

Nine councillors attended this event – 6 Conservative, 2 Labour, 1 Liberal Democrat. Four were female.