Stop Policing Non-Crime Hate Incidents: Focus on Serious Crime, Not Social Media

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

We urge the Government to ensure police prioritize serious crimes like violent offenses, organized crime, knife crime, domestic abuse, theft, and cybercrime. Police resources should focus on real threats to public safety, not on non-crime hate incidents or subjective speech matters.

ONS data shows a 10% rise in overall crime last year. Yet, significant police resources are allocated to non-crime hate incidents, social media posts, and speech matters. This diverts attention from serious crimes and undermines the UK’s proud tradition of free and open debate, fostering concerns of Orwellian overreach. We urge the Government to prioritize tackling harmful criminal threats while protecting the right to robust discussion without fear of disproportionate state intervention.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents
Abolish Non-Crime Hate Incidents

Timeline

14 Dec 2024	Petition opened for signatures
6 Feb 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 6 Feb 2025

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