hate crime – Hackney Citizen

Man arrested after shouting ‘shame Hitler didn’t kill you’ on 254 bus

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 May 2026 at 11:37

Photograph of a man being arrested over a suspected antisemitic hate crime

Threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in Upper Clapton Road

Police ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11:10

There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons

Jewish leader condemns ‘hateful’ anti-Palestinian graffiti found in Dalston

By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 February 2024 at 19:33

Rabbi Herschel Gluck said the message, which has since been removed, was ‘disgusting’

Council to train hate crime champions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 30 November 2023 at 09:59

Volunteers to challenge prejudice

Attacks on two Jewish schools in Stamford Hill have left ‘community in dismay’, says local rabbi

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 October 2023 at 18:14

Rabbi Levi Schapiro, director of the Jewish Community Council, praises police support following the two incidents this week

‘Families are living in fear’: Shomrim speaks out about group of youths in Stamford Hill after sharing video of Jewish boy being racially abused

By Tom Davidson | Tuesday 14 December 2021 at 18:12

Neighbourhood watch service says group has been involved in ‘hundreds of incidents over the last few years’

Cllr Sade Etti: ‘We must come together to send the clear message that Hackney is no place for hate’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 8 October 2021 at 11:53

The borough’s No Place for Hate champion encourages ‘inclusivity and respect’ ahead of National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2021

Leader – Klein and fall

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 February 2020 at 08:19

The rise in homophobia in Hackney will sadly continue if those in public office don’t face serious consequences for it

Homophobic hate crime in Hackney up 50 per cent since 2016

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 22 January 2020 at 21:07

London Assembly Member Jennette Arnold says figures are ‘sickening’ and encourages communities to report abuse

Hate crime consultation receives just 69 responses

By Emma Snaith | Friday 13 July 2018 at 12:46

The number of offences in the borough has increased by 332 since last year

Ex-Hackney bigwig plugs hate crime app in acid attacks letter – despite her own statistics

By Adam Barnett | Monday 21 August 2017 at 11:55

Only one of London’s 526 acid attacks is being treated as a hate crime

Stamford Hill: boy fined £20 for sticking lit fireworks in pockets of Jewish passers-by

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 20 July 2016 at 19:17

14-year-old was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault

New laws used by Hackney police in stalking crackdown

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 22 December 2012 at 12:23

Police are targeting prolific and dangerous offenders responsible for both domestic violence and hate crime