Despite recent allegations that two footballers racially insulted opposition players, some of the worst affected towns across northern England are showing promising results in their fight against racism.
Luis Suarez and John Terry are currently under investigation by the Football Association authorities after two separate complaints were filed by two opposition players.
Whilst the Football Association has worked tirelessly to remove racism from the sport, should either player be found guilty then football will take a disappointing step backwards.
In an attempt to show whether racial incidents have been increasing or decreasing in England the above graph shows incidents across northern regions of England where over 1,000 racial incidents have been reported in between the years 2008-2011.
Territorial police forces have been actively attempting to rid the country of an old, dated form of discrimination, with most forces producing promising results. Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Merseyside have all seen year-on-year falls in the number of reported racial incidents, whilst Northumbria and West Yorkshire are the only regions to have reported rises in the last year. South Yorkshire reported a rise in 2009/10, yet saw a decrease this year.
Below are the full statistics on racial incidents in England and Wales:
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The Guardian published the statistics on their Data Blog section of their website. The figures show a 1.4% drop in racial incidents over the past year.
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