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Friday, July 4, 2025

How to Report Disability Hate Crime in the UK: A Step-by-Step Guide

 

The Metropolitan Police in the UK doesn’t list a dedicated email address specifically for a “Disability Hate Crimes Unit,” but you can report disability-related hate crimes through several official channels:

📬 Contact Options

  • Online Reporting: Use the Met Police hate crime portal to report incidents directly.
  • Non-Emergency Phone: Call 101 if it’s not urgent.
  • Emergency Phone: Dial 999 if someone is in immediate danger.
  • From Abroad: Call +44 20 7230 1212.
  • Textphone Service: For speech or hearing impairments, use 18001 101.
  • British Sign Language (BSL): Use 999 BSL for remote interpreting.

📧 Email Alternatives

If you need to submit documentation or make a formal complaint, you can use the general contact form on the Met Police contact page. For Freedom of Information or data-related requests, emails are handled by their Data Rights Unit, but this isn’t the right channel for hate crime reports.

🛡️ Additional Support

You can also reach out to CATCH, a London-based service supporting victims of all forms of hate crime: CATCH website


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