Toronto police released hate crime data from 2018 to 2023 on its Public Safety Data Portal on Wednesday. 'The number of reported hate crimes has been steadil
“The number of reported hate crimes has been steadily increasing since 2018, which is of increasing concern to the Service and to the residents of Toronto,” said Chief Myron Demkiw. “The Service is providing an external dashboard to promote transparency in hate crime data and trends, to help us co-design, co-develop and co-deliver strategies needed to keep our communities safe.”However, the number of hate crimes is up nearly 50 per cent this year compared to last year.
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, 2023, Toronto police responded to 1,556 suspected hate crime calls for service, confirmed 390 suspected hate crimes, made 130 arrests and laid 314 hate crime occurrence related charges.
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