West Yorkshire Police says more than 11,000 hate crimes were recorded in the past year.
Police need to "get better" at handling reports of hate crime, according to West Yorkshire's deputy mayor.
West Yorkshire Police said the increase reflected their work in encouraging people to report hate crime.However, Ms Lowe"I know that the system is not always working for all of us and that's the case for all protected characteristics and we need to get better at it," she said. A lack of diversity among officers was highlighted by Eyad Babakir, a trans man from Leeds who has experienced hate crime."When both of them are straight white men then there's no hope."Eyad Babakir believes a more diverse police force would help give LGBQT people more confidence
In a statement, the force said it would always encourage people to report incidents which would always be recorded.
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