Report It
You can report hate crime or a hate incident by following the link below.
The link below will take you to a confidential reporting area hosted by Wyre Borough Council.
Once you have completed and submitted the online form, your report will be dealt with appropriately within 5 working days of receipt.
Report It: It's your right.
Everyone has the right to feel protected and safe. We want all people in Wyre to feel safe in their community.
- You can report hate crime or a hate incident anonymously and without police involvement.
- You can report hate crime or an incident without police involvement, but you can also ask to be contacted by Wyre Borough Council's Hate Crime Worker if you require further guidance.
- You do not have to be the victim yourself to report hate crime or a hate incident. You can report a crime you have witnessed.
- Left unreported, the offenders are free to commit similar crimes and the victim may go unsupported.
- Prejudice towards others is not usually confined to one single group, so offenders will also target a range of people.
- Any information you provide may help to identify crime patterns and enable the relevant authorities to take action.
If you select ‘No police involvement’, the incident will be logged and added to Hate Crime statistics. Any personal information about you will be destroyed.
If you select ‘Yes I would like Police involvement’ and have provided your contact details, a police officer will contact you within a reasonable time period.
If you select ‘No police involvement, but I would like the council’s Hate Crime Worker to contact me’ your contact details will be logged, but any personal information about you will be destroyed.
The law is on your side
Hate Crimes are taken very seriously in law.
Since the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, racially aggravated offences attract a higher sentence than the same offences where no aggravating factors are involved. The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 expanded the range of these offences to cover religiously aggravated offences.
Although similar aggravated offences do not exist for sexual orientation or disability, Section 146 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 requires the courts to consider disability or sexual orientation hostility as an aggravating factor when deciding on the sentence for the offence.