Report an incident
If you are the victim of a hate crime or hate incident you are encouraged to call the Police using 101 or the Police Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Merseyside Police have a dedicated page here, where you can report hate crime and find out more.
If you don’t want to report it to the Police you can make a report to Stop Hate UK using the following:
- Telephone 0800 138 1625
- Text: 07717 989 02
- Text Relay: 18001 0113 293 5100
- BSL via www.stophateuk.org
- Email: talk@stophateuk.org
- Chat: www.stophateuk.org/talk
- Online: www.stophateuk.org/tell
- Post: Stop Hate UK, PO Box 484, Leeds, LS7 9BZ
Stop Hate UK are a registered charity and provide the helpline across Merseyside supported by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The service is confidential.
You can also report a hate crime at one of a number of reporting centres across Sefton.
You can use the online form to report an incident of hate crime.
What is Hate Crime?
Hate Crime is any criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim, or any other person as being motivated by prejudice or hate. This can be based on the victims actual or perceived race, religious belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or whether the person is transgender.
A victim of hate crime does not necessarily have to be a member of a minority group, or be classed as vulnerable, and incidents may arise because of association.
Hate crime incidents can include:
- Verbal abuse, threats insults, nuisance telephone calls, name-calling and intimidation
- Physical assaults and attacks on the person
- Attacks against the person’s property, for example offensive graffiti, breaking windows, and damaging cars
- Arson
- Publishing and distributing leaflets and newspapers that are likely to incite hate crime is a criminal offence
- Being singled out and being treated differently by other residents because you are not the same as them
Hate Crime Strategy Launch
The Safer Sefton Together (SST) partnership recently approved the Sefton Hate Crime Strategy and Action Plan. The strategy has been developed by the Sefton Hate Crime Joint Agency Group (JAG) to outline how the members of the group will work together to raise awareness of hate crime and provide support for victims.
A launch event took place at Crosby Lakeside on Monday 16th June and was attended by JAG members and other local partners.
| Hate Crime Strategy 2025-2027 |  (pdf 336KB) |