"This platform has been developed to help address that gap"
A London-based organisation has launched a new reporting platform for anti-Hindu hate crime amid growing concerns about a rise in religiously motivated offences across the capital and wider UK.
Harrow is home to the largest Hindu community in London, but its London Assembly representative has said there have been “worrying reports” of residents feeling targeted or unsafe in public spaces.
Recent figures from the Metropolitan Police Service show faith-based hate crimes reached 1,023 between January and April, marking a 23% increase compared to 839 during the same period in 2025.
In response, a new platform called the Anti-Hindu Hate Monitor has been launched to address what campaigners say is a significant gap in reporting mechanisms for anti-Hindu hate incidents.
The online system allows users to report both in-person and online incidents through a structured web form.
It has been developed in part based on an existing reporting model used for antisemitic incidents.
Previously, there was no formal national system dedicated to recording anti-Hindu hate crime, despite concerns being raised in City Hall last year about underreporting and the lack of clear data, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Research underpinning the platform was led by Ornicha Daorueng, researcher and head of the Future Faiths Desk at the International Centre for Sustainability.
Her findings highlighted growing concern around anti-Hindu hate, alongside a lack of formal recording structures.
The organisation said Hindus, despite being the third largest religious group in the country, continue to face hostility that is “poorly defined, inconsistently recorded, and largely absent from policy conversations”.
The platform was also developed with support from the Community Security Trust, which runs a long-established system for reporting antisemitic incidents that processed more than 3,700 reports in 2025.
Daorueng said: “This platform has been developed to help address that gap by creating a dedicated reporting route, improving the quality and consistency of data collection, and building a better understanding of anti-Hindu hate in the UK.
“Without reliable data, effective policy is difficult to develop.”
London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow, Krupesh Hirani, called it “an important and much-needed step forward for Hindu communities, including here in Harrow”.
The launch comes as campaigners and community leaders continue to call for more consistent data collection and stronger policy responses to religiously motivated hate crime across the UK.
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