Madrid/Valladolid, Jul 5 (EFE) national complex, where 1,869 crimes were reported, according to the report presented this Wednesday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
These data place the Community with a rate of 2.69 crimes, infractions and hate crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, the twelfth lowest in the autonomous community (3.93 national), when in 2021, Castilla y León scored the seventh highest with 3.78 (3.8).
The Basque Country and Navarra lead the rate per 100,000 with 18.66 and 12.39, according to the report collected by EFE.
Valladolid has the highest rate of hate acts known per 100,000 of the Community
By provinces, in Castilla y León the highest rate is in Valladolid with 3.66, followed by Segovia, with 3.25, Burgos with 2.84 and Salamanca with 2.76, all among the 26 highest in Spain.
Regarding the type of crime, 21 of the 64 known events in 2022 in Castilla y León were due to racism and xenophobia, with a slight increase compared to the 17 the previous year; with six of them in Valladolid and as many in Burgos.
Crimes due to racism and xenophobia dominate, followed by those of ideology
Another 17 by ideology, less than half the 37 of 2021; and 14 for sexual orientation, four less than in the previous year.
In 2022, a total of 38 people in Castilla y León were arrested or investigated for these hate crimes, 12 for racism or xenophobia, 9 for ideology and 7 for sexual orientation.
In 2021, according to data collected by EFE, there were 45 detainees or investigated in Castilla y León, with 15 due to sexual orientation, 13 due to ideology, and 12 due to racism or xenophobia.
The total number of victimizations was 57 in Castilla y León (83 in 2021), 21 due to racism or xenophobia, 14 due to sexual orientation and 11 due to ideology, according to the same sources.
In Spain, crimes increased by 3.72%
Last year, 1,869 hate crimes were reported in Spain, 3.72 percent more than in 2021, an increase that rose to almost 77 percent in the case of discrimination based on sex, although complaints about racism and xenophobia were the most numerous, with 755, that is, four out of ten.
These are data from the report on the evolution of hate crimes in Spain in the past year and which was presented this Wednesday by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, at the meeting of the second Monitoring Commission of the II Action Plan to Fight against Hate Crimes 2022-2024.
With the data provided to the Crime Statistical System by the National Police, Civil Guard, Ertzaintza, Mossos d’Esquadra, Navarra Foral Police and local police, the National Hate Crimes Office has prepared a report that concludes that the security forces clarified 63 percent of the reported facts and detained or investigated 838 people.
One in four hate crimes is due to racism or xenophobia
Hate crimes due to racism and xenophobia, with 755 known facts, were the most numerous and represent 43.5 percent of the total complaints, that is, one in four.
In second place were crimes against sexual orientation and gender identity (459 facts), ahead of those of ideology (245).
Hate crimes due to discrimination based on sex and gender were the ones that increased the most compared to a year earlier, specifically 76.6 percent; followed by those of aporophobia (70%) and those of antisemitism (18.2%).
On the contrary, crimes due to generational discrimination (-57.1%, due to illness (-47.6%), religious beliefs or practices (-25.4%) and ideology (-24.8%) decreased significantly. %).
Injuries and threats, the criminal types with the most complaints
Regarding the criminal typology of these crimes, injuries head the list, with 423 out of the total reported; ahead of threats (338), injuries (116) and damages (106).
By autonomous communities, the Basque Country concentrates the highest number of complaints (407), ahead of Catalonia (253), Madrid (237) and Andalusia (207).
And if the months with the highest number of hate crimes and incidents are taken into account, August is in first place with 207, followed by October (199) and May (190).
Regarding the place, the report indicates that where the commission of these behaviors has occurred most frequently are the communication routes (668). They are followed by facilities, homes and annexes, establishments, open spaces, means of transport and venues.
Victim profile: Spanish, male and between 26 and 40 years old
The profile of the victim of these crimes is a man (59.4% of the total), Spanish (60.9%) and between 26 and 40 years old (31.3%).
Meanwhile, minors constitute 12.1 percent of the total victimizations.
The report highlights the rise in victims in the age group between 18 and 25 years, which goes from representing 17.34% of the total to 22.11.
Within the set of victims of foreign nationality, those from Morocco registered the highest number (9.9%), ahead of Colombia (3.3%) and Senegal (2.1%).
Marlaska: A frontal and direct attack on dignity
During his speech, Marlaska recalled that hate crimes constitute “a frontal and direct attack” on the principles of freedom and the dignity of people.
“Acting against hate crimes helps to improve the coexistence of a multicultural society, made up of different people and, as a direct consequence, helps us to live in a better society”, he pointed out.
Marlaska has also indicated that reparation should not be understood from a solely material point of view. “We must think about moral compensation, which may be even more important for the victim, for having attacked their own dignity, their freedom or free development under equal conditions and opportunities,” she concluded. EFE