Many transgender people have been left with a huge ‘mental toll’ over where they can be ‘safe’, after police data has shown a 27% spike in Transgender hate crime in Greater Manchester last year.
In 2024, there were 219 reported incidents, whereas, in 2025, there were 279.
This data covers January to November of each year; figures for December 2025 are not yet available.
This data only includes incidents that has actually been reported to the police.
However, there has been much discussion on how LGBT+ individuals in general are unlikely to report any hate crime to the police.
This is because of the frequency of hate crimes experienced and not trusting the police to respond quickly and effectively.
Ramses, a director of Trans Pride Manchester, said: “There’s no faith, a certainty that the police have proven that they will not support us.
“What do you do in the face of that?”
Ramses also shared that he had experienced six to eight hate crimes in a span of six months after the Supreme Court ruling in March 2025.
The Supreme Court ruled last year that sex is binary. The term ‘sex’ now legally means your biological sex at birth.
This ruling has been described as causing ‘daily humiliation’ for trans people, as trans people can be required to ‘prove’ their biological sex when accessing single-sex spaces.
Flaire, also a director of Trans Pride Manchester, said: “There isn’t any trust.
“There isn’t any relationship between the trans community and the police.
“All evidence points to it getting worse.”
Councils across Greater Manchester are coming together for Hate Crime Awareness Week to raise awareness on what hate crime is and how to report it to the police.
Cllr Dan Oliver, Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Public Protection at Stockport Council, said: “Hate Crime Awareness Week is an important reminder that we must continue standing together as one community – challenging prejudice, supporting those affected, and making it clear that we will not tolerate intimidation or discrimination of any kind.”
More than 88% of hate crimes committed in the North West leads to a conviction, yet it is unclear what percentage of this is for hate crime against trans people.
Ramses said that part of protecting trans people from hate crime is ‘just seeing trans people as people who are in community with everyone else locally’ and creating spaces, ‘where trans people can just be themselves.’
Flaire said: “There’s so many of us, we’re a massive trans community and there are so many really cool trans group in Manchester.
“We’re all in the same fight.”
GMP said in a Facebook post: “Greater Manchester Police is committed to protecting the communities and ensuring that no one is fearful of stepping out of their front door or walking around where they live and work.”
If you have been affected by a hate crime, report it to GMP at: https://www.gmp.police.uk/ro/report/hate-crime/triage/v1/report-hate-crime/.
Call 999 if you are in immediate danger.
You can also report a hate crime to Stop Hate UK at: https://www.stophateuk.org/report-hate-crime/