- True Vision website
True Vision is an online service where you can report a hate crime to your local police.
Homophobic, biphobic or transphobic motivated hate incidents
What a homophobic, biphobic or transphobic motivated incident is, how to report it and what to do if you need support.
About homophobic, biphobic or transphobic motivated incidents
A homophobic, biphobic or transphobic hate incident is defined as:
"Any incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity."
This means that a hate incident is when anyone feels they have been picked on or targeted because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). This can also be called homophobia, biphobia or transphobia.
Report a homophobic, biphobic or transphobic motivated incident
Report to Sussex Police
Phone 999 in an emergency and ask for the police.
If it is not an emergency, phone 101 or report online.
Report to Sussex Police online
Report to Brighton & Hove City Council
Report anti-social behaviour and hate incidents online
If you're a council tenant, council leaseholder or tenant of a leaseholder, report anti-social behaviour and hate incidents to Housing Customer Services.
Read our tenancy management ASB policy which includes examples of anti-social behaviour
If you're a private rented sector tenant or own your home, report anti-social behaviour and hate incidents to the Community Safety Team.
Report to your housing provider
If you're a housing association tenant, report anti-social behaviour and hate incidents to your housing provider. We cannot intervene in housing association cases.
Report to a third-party organisation
True Vision online reporting to the local police
Support services for victims of homophobic, biphobic or transphobic motivated hate incidents
Victim Support
- Victim Support website
Victim Support help people affected by all types of crime.
Links to support services in other formats
True-Vision easy-read self-reporting forms
If you have a learning disability or care for someone that does, you can download easy read forms to report hate incidents.
Send an email to communitysafety.casework@brighton-hove.gov.uk to get a form.
Code of Practice
Find out more about your rights as a victim reporting a crime. The victims' code tells you what you can expect from each criminal justice agency. This includes the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts.
You can also download the full Code of Practice for Victims of Crime from the GOV.UK website.
Community safety partnership directory
Find support services for victims of:
- domestic or sexual abuse
- anti-social behaviour or hate incidents