Petition · past parliament

Treat abuse of agricultural and rural businesses as a hate crime.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Hate crime is “ a crime motivated by prejudice and typically involves violence or the threat of it”. This typifies the abuse received by many farms and businesses in the countryside. Too often it’s ignored but this needs to be addressed as seriously as any other form of hate crime.
Please sign and show your support for our countryside!

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

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The Crown Prosecution Service defines hate crime as criminal activity where the perpetrator is motivated by hostility or demonstrates hostility towards the victim's disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. These categories are set out in law:

https://www.cps.gov.uk/hate-crime

You could start a new petition calling for a change in the law for crimes based on hostility to someone's place or type of employment to be considered hate crime if that is something you would like to happen.

Timeline

24 Aug 2018 Petition opened for signatures
11 Sep 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Sep 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.