 Aggravating factors in criminal sentencing currently include hostility to a victim due to characteristics such as sexuality, race or disability.In 2016, Nottinghamshire Police began a pilot project to record misogynistic behaviour as either hate crime or hate incidents, depending on whether the action was a criminal offence.Over two years (April 2016-March 2018) there were 174 reports made, of which 73 were classified as crimes and 101 as incidents.