Annual Equalities Report 2024/25
Enfield's Equalities Board is intensifying hate crime monitoring and prioritising its 2025/26 work programme to address discrimination and inequalities.
Enfield's Equalities Board decided in October 2025 to intensify its monitoring of hate crime in the borough, including preparing a monitoring report for 2025/26. The board visited over 55 community centres to brief them on understanding hate crime, aiming to capture under-reported incidents, particularly those affecting marginalised communities.
In July 2025, the Equalities Board prioritised its 2025/26 work programme, which includes addressing domestic abuse and health inequalities. The board noted a rise in antisemitic hate crime in the borough since October 2023, although overall hate crime saw a small reduction, according to a report by the Head of Community Safety.
The Enfield Equalities Board oversees the council's efforts to eliminate discrimination based on protected characteristics, as defined by the Equalities Act 2010. Chaired by Councillor Mahmut Aksanoglu, the board ensures equality is enforced within the council, with its work informing the annual equalities report.
Key facts
- Enfield's Equalities Board decided in October 2025 to intensify its monitoring of hate crime. Source
- The Equalities Board visited over 55 community centres to brief them on understanding hate crime. Source
- The Equalities Board noted a rise in antisemitic hate crime in the borough since October 2023. Source 1 Source 2
- Jonathan Toy, Head of Community Safety, reported a small reduction in overall hate crime in the last 12 months as of July 2025. Source 1 Source 2
- Councillor Mahmut Aksanoglu chairs the Enfield Equalities Board. Source
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