Hate Crime across England, Wales and Scotland has surged in the last 7 years prompting the government to come up with new strategies to protect victims.
There has been a 17% in the total number of hate crime offences between 2012/13 and 2017/18 according to government reports.
A 'Hate Crime' is a prejudice motivated offence where the victim is targeted because of their social group or race. All categories of hate crime have seen a rise since 2011/12 with religion motivated offences seeing a surge of 40%.
Hate crimes linked to Race and Religion have had more significant spikes between 2015/16 and 2017/18 and have reported to be linked with the Brexit result and the 2017 terror attacks.
The government are now taking new measures as part of the 2016-2020 Hate Crime action plan which they include a review of legislation, extra funding to support communities and improving the response to incidents.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: "Hate crime goes directly against the long-standing British values of unity, tolerance and mutual respect – and I am committed to stamping this sickening behaviour out.
"Our refreshed action plan sets out how we will tackle the root causes of prejudice and racism, support hate crime victims and ensure offenders face the full force of the law."
The updated plan includes over £1.5 million of new funding for programmes that work with schools and young people to challenge discriminatory beliefs, promote positive discussions and encourage reporting.
This includes supporting Kick It Out to challenge attitudes and behaviour in grass-roots football and continue its work with Show Racism the Red Card.
Communities Secretary, Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP said: "It is completely unacceptable that anyone should live in fear of intimidation and violence because of their beliefs or the colour of their skin.
"We must challenge prejudice and intolerance, whenever and wherever it appears in our society.
"Alongside publishing our refreshed plan to tackle hate crime, I am pleased to announce further funding of over £1.5 million for projects that challenge the attitudes that underpin racially and religiously motivated crime."