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Incidents recorded by Thames Valley Police       

       

 
 

Year
Oxford
City
West
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Vale of White Horse
South
Oxfordshire
Total
2008
39
4
20
8
10
81
2009
27
9
16
7
9
68
2010
36
5
14
6
6
67
Year/ Month
Oxford
City
West
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Vale of White Horse
South
Oxfordshire
Total
January
1
0
2
0
0
3
February
3
0
0
0
0
3
Oxford
City
West
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Vale of White Horse &  South Oxfordshire
Total
March
5
1
0
1
7
April
3
1
0
1
5
May
1
0
1
0
2
June
2
0
4
0
5
July
August
September
October
November
December

The tables below give the figures for the number of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic incidents recorded by Thames Valley Police (according to district area in Oxfordshire)

Reporting incidents gets results – real life example relating to homophobic verbal abuse

 

A manager of a pub in Oxford refused to serve two people as they were clearly intoxicated. One of the drunk men became abusive and threatening and refused to leave the premises. As the manager was calling the police, the drunk man made numerous homophobic remarks about the manager to other staff and members of the public. Police officers arrived at the pub within 20 minutes of the call and arrested the offender.

 

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to charge the offender with a Public Order Offence with the homophobic remarks as an aggravated factor. The offender appeared in court where he was found guilty. He was fined £100 and had to pay £50 in court costs. He had to pay a £15 fine to victim and was given an exclusion order for 12 months from the pub where the offence took place.

 

2011
* Please note that of March 2011 South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse have now combined into one local police area.  The table above will as such show the total number of reported incidents for South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse as one figure.