Racial harassment made up the majority of incidents but the figures also include assaults and vandalism.
Home Office figures revealed a 14% rise – to 838,726 – in the number of stop and searches by police.
Black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people. Asian people were twice as likely to be stopped and searched.
The period covered by the statistics pre-dates the July bombings in London last year.
Separate figures for stop and searches under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 show 32,086 were made, an increase of 9% on the previous year.
Black people were two and a half times more likely to be stopped under the terrorism law than white people. Asian people were twice as likely as white people to be stopped.
The data also revealed that police recorded more than 37,000 racially or religiously aggravated offences in the year – up 6%.
Source: BBC News
