Thread by @ImplausibleGrrl, This week's transphobic talking point is "there is barely any trans hate [...]

This week's transphobic talking point is "there is barely any trans hate crime in the UK"

And, as usual, it is complete bollocks \\1

$This week's transphobic talking point is "there is barely any trans hate crime in the UK"And, as usual, it is complete bollocks \\1$

They are conflating *CONVICTIONS* with *CRIMES*

The problem is that they are orders of magnitude different because the UK is absolute shite at *prosecuting* hate crimes against trans people \\2

Population surveys indicate hate crimes against trans people are obscenely common in the UK

Galop Transphobic Hate Crime Report 2020
The scale and impact of transphobic violence, abuse and prejudice \\3

http://www.galop.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Hate-Crime-Report-2020.pdf

$Population surveys indicate hate crimes against trans people are obscenely common in the UKGalop Transphobic Hate Crime Report 2020The scale and impact of transphobic violence, abuse and prejudice \\3 http://www.galop.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Trans-Hate-Crime-Report-2020.pdf$

That is more than a hundred thousand reportable transphobic hate crimes in the UK every single year

But only 1 in 7 incidents are even reported to the police

There is a strong perception that there is no POINT in reporting it to the police - it might even make things *worse* \\4

$That is more than a hundred thousand reportable transphobic hate crimes in the UK every single yearBut only 1 in 7 incidents are even reported to the policeThere is a strong perception that there is no POINT in reporting it to the police - it might even make things *worse* \\4$

Despite the high rates of physical and sexual attacks - very few are actually reported to the police

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$Despite the high rates of physical and sexual attacks - very few are actually reported to the police\\5$

If you look at the breakdown of *recorded* hate crimes (not all, not even most, reports are recorded as actual crimes - many are recorded as 'incidents')

By the time hate crimes make it this far down the funnel, we are down to "only" about 2540 for England + Wales \\6

$If you look at the breakdown of *recorded* hate crimes (not all, not even most, reports are recorded as actual crimes - many are recorded as 'incidents')By the time hate crimes make it this far down the funnel, we are down to "only" about 2540 for England + Wales \\6$

So we reach *prosecutions* - and the funnel just utterly collapses

Only *3%* of violence against the person offenses, *5%* of public order offenses and*5%* of criminal damage and arson hate crimes are even prosecuted \\7

$So we reach *prosecutions* - and the funnel just utterly collapsesOnly *3%* of violence against the person offenses, *5%* of public order offenses and*5%* of criminal damage and arson hate crimes are even prosecuted \\7$

So we go from over a hundred thousand transphobic hate crimes *committed* every to less than 100 *prosecutions* - and even fewer *convictions* \\8

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925968/hate-crime-1920-hosb2920.pdf

Note - a similar 'funnel' applies to sexual assault and rape in England and Wales

* There were more than 85K rapes committed in England and Wales in 2020
* 55K were reported
* 2,102 prosecutions
* 1,439 convictions

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed/about-sexual-violence/statistics-sexual-violence/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/30/convictions-fall-record-low-england-wales-prosecutions

Rape convictions fall to record low in England and Wales

Prosecutions and convictions have more than halved in three years while rapes have risen

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-informed/about-sexual-violence/statistics-sexual-violence/

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