Gloucestershire Constabulary recorded fewer transgender hate crime offences in the year to March, recent figures show.

Ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, which remembers those who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence and hate, a charity supporting adults from the trans community warned some hate crimes may still go unreported.

Transgender hate crime designates criminal offences motivated by hostility or prejudice toward a person's transgender identity, whether it is perceived or actual.

Statistics from the Home Office show Gloucestershire Constabulary recorded 50 transgender hate crime offences in the year to March, marking a decrease on 67 the previous year.

Meanwhile, police forces across England and Wales recorded 4,120 transgender hate crime offenc

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