2019 Hate Crimes Statistics

FBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program serves as the national repository for crime data voluntarily collected and submitted by law enforcement. Its primary objective is to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management. The 2019 hate crimes data, submitted by 15,588 law enforcement agencies, provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes. Of these agencies who submitted incident reports, there were 7,314 hate crime incidents involving 8,559 offenses.

Below are some highlights from the data. The full report can be viewed here:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2019.

Victims of Hate Crime Incidents

7,103 single-bias incidents involved 8,552 victims
211 multiple-bias hate crime incidents, which involved 260 victims

Bias Motivation Categories for Victims of Single-bias Incidents in 2019

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category in 2019

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Offenses by Crime Category	Known Offenders	Location Type
Among the 8,552 hate crime offenses reported: Crimes against persons: 64.4% Crimes against property: 32.8% Crimes against society: 2.8%	Of the 6,406 known offenders: 52.5% were White 23.9% were Black or African American 14.6% race unknown Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders. Of the 5,443 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported: 33.1% were Not Hispanic or Latino 10% were Hispanic or Latino 1.9% were in a group of multiple ethnicities 55% ethnicity unknown Of the 5,599 known offenders for whom ages were known: 84.6% were 18 years of age or older	Law enforcement agencies may specify the location of an offense within a hate crime incident as 1 of 46 location designations. Most hate crime incidents, 24.6%, occurred in or near residences/homes 18.2% occurred on highways / roads / alleys / streets / sidewalks 9.6% occurred at schools/colleges 4.7% happened in parking/drop lots/garages 4.4% took place in churches / synagogues / temples / mosques The location was reported as other/unknown of 11.2% of hate crime incidents The remaining 27.3% of hate crime incidents took place at other or multiple locations.

Offenses by Crime Category

Known Offenders

Location Type

Among the 8,552 hate crime offenses reported:

Crimes against persons: 64.4%
Crimes against property: 32.8%
Crimes against society: 2.8%

Of the 6,406 known offenders:

52.5% were White
23.9% were Black or African American
14.6% race unknown

Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders.

Of the 5,443 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported:

33.1% were Not Hispanic or Latino
10% were Hispanic or Latino
1.9% were in a group of multiple ethnicities
55% ethnicity unknown

Of the 5,599 known offenders for whom ages were known:

84.6% were 18 years of age or older

Law enforcement agencies may specify the location of an offense within a hate crime incident as 1 of 46 location designations.

Most hate crime incidents, 24.6%, occurred in or near residences/homes
18.2% occurred on highways / roads / alleys / streets / sidewalks
9.6% occurred at schools/colleges
4.7% happened in parking/drop lots/garages
4.4% took place in churches / synagogues / temples / mosques
The location was reported as other/unknown of 11.2% of hate crime incidents

The remaining 27.3% of hate crime incidents took place at other or multiple locations.

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Bias Motivation Categories for Victims of Single-bias Incidents in 2019: This is a pie chart showing the percentage of bias motivation categories for victims of single-bias incidents in 2019. They are as follows:

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry/Bias	57.6%
Religion	20.1%
Sexual Orientation	16.7%
Gender Identity	2.7%
Disability	2.0%
Gender	0.9%

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category:This is a bar chart comparing the 2018 and 2019 data for bias motivation categories for single bias incidents. They are as follows:

Bias Motivation Categories	2018	2019
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry/Bias	4,047	3,963
Religion	1,419	1,521
Sexual Orientation	1,196	1,195
Gender Identity	168	198
Disability	159	157
Gender	47	69
Total	7,036	7,103