What is a ‘hate’ incident? Harassment is a physical, spoken and emotional attack, aimed at a person or their property. Hate crime describes how individuals or groups can be harassed, victimised or abused because of their age, sex, sexual orientation, race, faith, religion or belief or disability. This kind of harassment can take many forms including physical, spoken and emotional attacks and can be aimed at a person or their property. Visit our Hate crime web page for more information Keywords threats ; abuse ; shouting ; violence ; vandalism ; graffiti ; screaming ; harassment ; hate ; racial ; prejudice ; faith ; religion ; sexuality ; gender ; disability ; transgender ; equality ; homophobic Related links Hate UK Hate Crime West Yorkshire Police – Hate Incidents Victim Support – Yorkshire and Humber