Britain’s Hindu community now has a dedicated tool to report hate incidents for the first time. The Anti-Hindu Hate Monitor (AHHM), a new initiative developed by the International Centre for Sustainability (ICfS), has been launched to document and address incidents of anti-Hindu hate affecting members of Hindu, Jain, and other Dharmic communities across the UK.
The platform allows victims to record both physical and online incidents through an online form – filling a gap that had long existed despite Hindus being the country’s third-largest religious group.
The launch comes against a backdrop of rising faith-based violence. Faith-based hate crimes in London surged 58 per cent between January and April 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, according to figures from the Greater London Assembly. In Harrow, which has the capital’s largest Hindu population, residents have reported feeling targeted in public spaces.
The platform was created by Ornicha Daorueng, researcher and Head of the Future Faiths Desk at the ICfS, after her work uncovered widespread concern about anti-Hindu hate but no formal mechanism for recording such incidents. “Without reliable data, effective policy is difficult to develop,” she said.
The monitoring system is modelled on a similar platform used for reporting antisemitic hate incidents and was built with support from the Community Security Trust, which handles over 3,700 antisemitism reports annually.
Data collected through the platform will feed into six-monthly and annual reports to be shared with government departments, the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, and community organisations.
The Hindu Council UK, which welcomed the launch, encouraged temples, youth groups, and community leaders to promote the platform within their networks and support those affected in using the reporting system.
Satish Patel, a trustee at Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple in Pinner, called the monitor “fantastic news for Hindus across not just Harrow and Brent but the whole of London”, adding that he had personally heard of many instances of hatred directed at people simply because of their beliefs.
Source: PTI