Italy: crimes motivated by bias against people with disabilities

In 2021, there were over 200 hate crimes against people with disabilities in Italy. The most common types of hate crimes motivated by bias against people with disabilities were physical assault, theft, and robbery. That year, there was also a case of homicide.

Number of crimes motivated by bias against people with disabilities recorded by the police in Italy in 2021, by type

Characteristic	Number of crimes
Theft/ robbery	56
Damage to property	50
Physical assault	38
Threats/ threatening behaviour	35
Unspecified	7
Sexual assault	7
Incitement to violence	6
Disturbance of the peace	2
Homicide	1
Vandalism	1
Unspecified	3

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "The data presented here includes information from the police database (SDI) and information gathered by the Observatory for Security against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD). The breakdown below consists of: (i) SDI data covering the following bias motivations: "race/colour"; ethnicity; nationality; language; anti-Semitism; bias against Roma and Sinti; bias against Muslims; and bias against members of other religions; and (ii) OSCAD data on hate crimes motivated by bias against "sexual orientation and transgender identity" and bias against people with "disability"."

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