Crimes or crimes of a racist, xenophobic or anti -religious nature increased again (by 11 %) in 2024, according to A report from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI) Posted Friday March 14.
Last year, 9,350 crimes and crimes of a racist, xenophobic or anti -religious nature were recorded and 6,985 contraventions (+ 6 %), which means that the national police and the national gendarmerie recorded “More than 16,000 offenses” For these reasons throughout the territory in 2024, according to this report.
In 2023, the increase in crimes and crimes had reached some 30 %, “Essentially during the last quarter, in a context of strong tensions in the Middle East”recalls the report. Over two years, the increase in crimes and crimes reached 44 %.
As in previous years, crimes and crimes of a racist nature were mainly public insults (52 %), threats or blackmail (20 %). “Discrimination and provocations represent 10 %” Facts, according to the report.
Property damage was much rarer (5 %), as well as life -and -life violence (6 %, with “Five homicides identified in 2024”). On the racist contraventions side, almost all concerned non-public insults (98 % of the total).
High rate in Paris
In 2024, the security services also recorded “9,700 victims of crimes and crimes of a racist nature”. Among the victims, “Men, people aged 25 to 54 and nationals of an African country are over -represented”explains the report. About 5,000 people were questioned by the security services, “Of which more than half are between 25 and 54 years old”.
Geographically, Paris “Detches clearly” with a crime or racist crimes rate “Three to four times higher than the national average”. But this particularly high rate in the capital “Can be partly linked to its attractiveness”whether for work or tourism, notes the text.
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The report also recalls that the increase “Reflects both the evolution of the phenomenon itself but also that of the propensity of the population to declare these acts and the improvement of their taking into account by the security services”.