Islamophobic abuse and attacks in Britains public areas registered a whopping 326 per cent rise in 2015 with women in Muslim outfits emerging as the most vulnerable group, a new report claimed today.

Women were disproportionately targeted by mostly teenage perpetrators and more than one in 10 of all incidents took place in educational establishments and public transport and in city centres, another cluster area, Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) monitoring found in its research.

We simply cannot have such hatred fester in our communities and in our societies. With a 326 per cent increase in anti-Muslim hatred reported to us in 2015, we have to deal with this issue. Now is the time to redouble our efforts to tackle such hate from all extremist groups, Tell MAMA founder Fiyaz Mughal told the Guardian.

According to the report, the ability of Muslim women to travel on public transport free of fear and intimidation is being curtailed.

Women wearing the hijab or niqab were found to be especially vulnerable.