Figures from Scotland Yard indicate that:

• "Crimes motivated by religious hatred have rocketed by nearly 600% in London since the July 7 bombings
• "[T]here were 269 such incidents reported since the suicide bombings compared to only 40 in the same three-and-a-half week period last year."

Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur said that "[m]ost of the incidents were low-level abuse or minor assaults but they had a great 'emotional impact' on communities...."