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Stockport is seeing more ‘racial incidents’ since flags went up and hotel protests have taken place in the borough, the council has heard. Social housing landlord Stockport Homes, which manages thousands of properties, said it is seeing a rising trend in hate crimes.

It comes after England flags and Union Jacks were fixed to lampposts in some parts of the borough, part of a nation-wide campaign known as ‘operation raise the colours’. Protests have also taken place in Stockport and other parts of the country with tensions over hotels housing asylum seekers.

Data from Stockport Homes showed there were 2.4 hate incident cases per 1,000 homes in 2024/25, compared to a national peer group median of 0.7 incidents in the same time. The issues came up at a town hall meeting on N

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