Rise in hate crime follows BNP council election victories | Politics | The Guardian
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/15/hate-crime-bnp-local-council-elections
Reports of racial and religiously motivated crime rose following the election of British National party councillors in several far- right strongholds, police statistics have revealed.
Complaints of hate crime increased in wards in the West Midlands, London and Essex after the election of a BNP member, in spite of declines in reported hate crime in the wider police areas. In other wards race crime reportedly rose in the runup to BNP election victories, according to the figures, obtained by the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act.
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