Bias Crime is crime where the victim is targeted because of an aspect of their identity, including race, ethnicity, religion or sexuality. It is an extreme manifestation of cultural tension and conflict. Bias crime remains under-researched in Australia. While there has been some investigation into different types of bias crime, such as racist and homophobic offences, there is little analysis of the nature and extent of bias crime across these categories. For the first time, this article presents the results of a study into official records of bias crime held by the New South Wales Police Force. The study shows that crimes motivated by bias based on the victim’s race/ethnicity and religion are by far the most common types of bias crime reported in NSW. People from Asian, Indian/Pakistani and Muslim backgrounds are the most likely victims to report bias crime. The study also shows that there is much work to be done to encourage bias crime reporting amongst marginalised communities and improve the capacity of police to identify and accurately record bias crime. We argue that civil society has an important role to play in building partnerships with police to achieve positive change in the policing of bias crime.

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偏见犯罪是指由于其身份的某些方面而成为受害者的目标的犯罪，包括种族，种族，宗教或性行为。它是文化张力和冲突的极端体现。偏见犯罪在澳大利亚仍处于研究不足状态。尽管已经对不同类型的偏见犯罪进行了调查，例如种族主义和同性恋恐惧症，但很少分析这些类别中偏见犯罪的性质和程度。本文首次展示了对新南威尔士州警察部队持有的偏见犯罪的正式记录的研究结果。该研究表明，迄今为止，在新南威尔士州，以受害人的种族/民族和宗教为基础的偏见动机的犯罪是最常见的偏见犯罪类型。亚洲人 印度/巴基斯坦和穆斯林背景是最有可能举报偏见犯罪的受害者。该研究还表明，还有很多工作要做，以鼓励边缘化社区报告偏见犯罪，并提高警察识别和准确记录偏见犯罪的能力。我们认为，民间社会在与警察建立伙伴关系以实现偏见犯罪治安方面的积极变化中可以发挥重要作用。