Racially Aggravated Offences

Section 28 Crime & Disorder Act 1998 provides a definition of the term ‘racially aggravated’

An offence is racially aggravated if:

at the time of committing the offence, immediately before or after doing so, the offender demonstrates towards the victim hostility based on the victim’s membership (or presumed membership) of a racial group:
or:
the offence is motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility towards members of a racial group based on their membership of that group."

This term applies to the following offences under the Crime & Disorder Act 1998:

• Assaults (section 29)

• Criminal damage (section 30)

• Public order offence (section 31)

• Harassment (section 32)

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