Vienna top at Hate Crimes: increase by 20 percent for 2024!

Vienna top at Hate Crimes: increase by 20 percent for 2024!

The latest statistics on HATE crimes in Austria show alarming tendencies. According to the HATE crime report in 2024, a total of 6,786 prejudice motivated crimes were registered in Austria, which corresponds to an increase of around 20 percent compared to 2023. It is particularly worrying that Vienna is at the top with 1,886 cases, which means an increase of 54 cases compared to the previous year. Around 1,200 registered prejudice motifs were recorded in the neighboring federal states of Lower Austria and Upper Austria. These developments must not be ignored, because there is something that concerns our society.

The most common motifs for the hate crime acts are the worldview, which was mentioned in 45 percent of cases. In Vienna, the number of such crimes with 723 cases was 130 higher than in the previous year. In contrast, national or ethnic origin has recorded 465 cases, which means a decline compared to the previous year. The registered cases regarding disabilities also remained low at only 23 in Vienna.

The number of unreported figures and the clarification rate

The educational rate in Austria is 67 percent, which remains stable compared to 2023. In Vienna, however, this value is lowest with 47.9 percent and shows a decrease of 3.7 percent. These figures illustrate the challenges that the security authorities are facing. In Vorarlberg, on the other hand, a high information rate of 81.7 percent is recorded. It remains to be hoped that the educational rate in Vienna can also increase through more measures against hate crimes.

As far as the perpetrators are concerned, 86 percent of suspects are men and 26 percent foreign citizens. The picture becomes even darker when we turn to women's motifs: here in three out of five cases of Austrians were suspected. This data suggests that the majority of the deeds in our country runs out of local perpetrators, which certainly stimulates thinking.

The hidden threats on the Internet

A remarkable trend is the increase in the HATE crime on the Internet, where almost 2,000 prejudice motifs were documented. About 50 percent of racist motifs are recorded online. The most common offenses include violations of the prohibition law, followed by property damage and bodily harm. The anti -Semitic and anti -Muslim hate posting in particular assume alarming proportions. In this context, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner appeals to society to actively act against these developments in order to prevent the agitation of the agitation into violence.

A ray of hope could be the recently decided national action plan against Hate Crimes. The SPÖ has requested the rapid implementation and emphasizes that the number of unreported hatred of hate remains extremely high. The figures from the report 2024 make it clear that there is a need for action to act against this form of crime and to protect the groups concerned.

The statistics from the report of the Ministry of the Interior and the detailed evaluation of [Meinverzirk] make one thing clear: A good knack when dealing with HATE Crimes is required, because society is faced with the urgent task of taking this problem seriously and adequately reacting to it.