Westminster City Council
the opportunity
Westminster, in collaboration
with the police and social services,
reported a sudden decline in the
official reporting of race hate
crimes. other was tasked with
engaging the community with
a high profile campaign with
the key aims of reassuring the
confidentiality and trust of a
victim or third party when
reporting an incident, and the
importance to other potential
victims of making an official
report.
Race Hate Reporting
the approach the results
Our approach was to create a The campaign has been very
campaign message as if spoken successful with increased numbers
by the victim, which thanked the of hits and reports. It is being
anonymous but public-spirited extended for another year and
person who reported their crime may be broadened to include
and consequently made their other types of hate crime reporting.
lives better. A website with a
confidential reporting module,
posters and brochures were
produced to support the campaign
and the results were monitored
and reported back to the Council
printing techniques