The government is determined to reverse the growing number of hate crimes, a minister has pledged.
Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker said steps were being taken after figures showed a five per cent increase in racist offences.
Home Office statistics revealed that more than 44,000 hate crimes were recorded by police in England and Wales in the 12-month period to the end of March this year.
The figures do not include data on how many incidents involved antisemitism or Jews, but do show that there was a 45 per cent rise in religiously-motivated incidents compared to the previous year.