Fact check: What is the percentage of increase of rascism from 2020 to 2025 in the uk

1. Summary of the results

Based on the available data, there is no complete answer to the specific question about racism percentage increases from 2020 to 2025 in the UK. However, the analyses provide concrete data on racial hate crimes as a measurable proxy:

• Police-recorded racial hate crimes in England and Wales increased by 7.3% from 2020/21 (92,052 incidents) to 2023/24 (98,799 incidents) ^[1]
• An earlier source showed a 10.7% increase from 2020/21 to 2022/23 (101,906 incidents), though this appears to be inconsistent with the more recent data ^[2]
• The most recent government data shows 98,799 racially motivated hate crimes out of 140,561 total hate crimes in the year ending March 2024, representing a 5% decrease from the previous year ^[3]

Additional context includes an 18% increase in convictions for far-right terrorism-related offenses and a 50% increase in people convicted of such offenses from 2020, though the timeframe is unclear ^[4]. Public perception data indicates that 48% of people in Great Britain considered racism somewhat prevalent as of September 2022, with 30% believing there was a great deal of racism in the UK ^[5].

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original question assumes racism can be quantified as a simple percentage increase, but the analyses reveal several critical gaps:

• No data exists for 2025 - all sources only provide data through 2024 at most, making the 2020-2025 comparison impossible ^{[1] [3]}
• Hate crimes are not equivalent to racism levels - they represent only reported and recorded incidents, not the broader societal phenomenon of racist attitudes or systemic discrimination ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Geographic limitations - most data covers only England and Wales, not the entire UK including Scotland and Northern Ireland ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Alternative measurement approaches that could provide different perspectives include:

• Institutional racism assessments - sources mention ongoing issues with institutional racism but without quantified trends ^[6]
• Socioeconomic indicators - people of color facing "high levels of poverty and deprivation" suggests systemic issues beyond hate crimes ^[6]
• Income inequality data - the UK having "among the highest levels of income inequality in Europe" may correlate with racial disparities ^[7]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question contains several problematic assumptions:

• False precision - asking for a specific percentage implies racism can be measured with mathematical accuracy, when it's a complex social phenomenon with multiple dimensions
• Temporal impossibility - requesting 2025 data when we're still in 2025 and most recent official statistics only extend to 2024 ^{[1] [3]}
• Oversimplification - treating racism as a single measurable quantity ignores the distinction between individual prejudice, institutional discrimination, hate crimes, and systemic inequalities

The question may inadvertently promote misleading narratives by:

• Suggesting racism trends can be reduced to simple statistics
• Implying that hate crime data represents the full scope of racist experiences
• Creating expectations for data that doesn't exist in the requested timeframe

Political actors and media organizations could benefit from either inflating or minimizing these statistics depending on their agenda, making precise framing crucial for public understanding of this complex issue.