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Hate crimes recorded in Scotland soar by 63%

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77% Informative

More than 5,400 hate crimes have been recorded in the past six months .

Increase followed introduction of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act in April .

42 cases have so far resulted in a conviction with a further 82% of charges ongoing in court.

Police Scotland said the increase in numbers reflected people being "more confident" in policing of hate crimes.

VR Score

80

Informative language

80

Neutral language

29

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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