A symposium of church leaders, law and justice professionals and academics of different races has taken place in Westminster looking at ways to tackle the problem.
It comes as the Equality and Human Rights Commission says British prisons now have a worse imbalance of black people in them than American prisons.
More than 1 in 4 prisoners in the UK is from a minority ethnic background; however 87% of Britain is white.
Bob Wilson from the Free Churches group told Premier's News Hour: "There's loads of factors... There are justice factors for example: the policing, the courts, prisons, probation.
"There's always the ever-present possibility of racism in many areas.
"There's community factors: social inequalities, employment, other opportunities.
"We're called to offer Jesus' way of life, in all its fullness. A life that's characterised by freedom, a life that's characterised by love.
"Once a person learns to love their neighbour as themselves then they'll not rob them, they'll not rape her or they'll not sell their children drugs again.
"At times the fastest-growing part of the Christian community is the black-majority churches.
"I feel that we can work together on this, so that the lives of our young people aren't blighted by crime. So that those in our communities aren't blighted by crime. That people aren't damaged by the harm that's done by crime."
A church service, also looking at this issue, takes place on Saturday at Christ Faith Tabernacle Cathedral in Woolwich, London.
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