Almost 4,000 hate crimes reported to British Transport Police since 2015 were dropped because a suspect could not be identified
Crimes recorded, January 2015 to May 2018
2015
2016
2017
2018
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
No suspect identified
Charged or summonsed
Evidential difficulties 1
Evidential difficulties 2
Evidential difficulties 3
Outcome pending
Police said not in public interest
Prosecution time limit expired
Other