2020 Hate Crime Statistics

FBI Releases 2020 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 2020 hate crimes data, submitted by 15,138 law enforcement agencies, provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes. Of these agencies who submitted incident reports, there were 8,263 hate crime incidents involving 11,129 offenses.

Below are some highlights from the data.

Victims of Hate Crime Incidents

8,052 single-bias incidents involved 11,126 victims
In 211 incidents, a total of 346 victims were targeted because of more than one bias

Bias Motivation Categories for Victims of Single-bias Incidents in 2020

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category in 2020

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Offenses by Crime Category	Known Offenders	Location Type
Among the 11,129 hate crime offenses reported: Crimes against persons: 69.6% Crimes against property: 28.2% Crimes against society: 2.2%	Of the 6,780 known offenders: 55.1% were White 21.2% were Black or African American 15.7% race unknown Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders. Of the 6,169 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported: 39.3% were Not Hispanic or Latino 10.2% were Hispanic or Latino 2.4% were in a group of multiple ethnicities 48.1% ethnicity unknown Of the 6,264 known offenders for whom ages were known: 89.1% 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, 28.9%, occurred in or near residences/homes 19.9% occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks 6.5% happened in parking/drop lots/garages 4.2% occurred at schools/colleges 3.6% occurred at parks/playgrounds 3.4% took place in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques The location was reported as other/unknown of 8.6% of hate crime incidents The remaining 24.8% of hate crime incidents took place at other or multiple locations.

Offenses by Crime Category

Known Offenders

Location Type

Among the 11,129 hate crime offenses reported:

Crimes against persons: 69.6%
Crimes against property: 28.2%
Crimes against society: 2.2%

Of the 6,780 known offenders:

55.1% were White
21.2% were Black or African American
15.7% race unknown

Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders.

Of the 6,169 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported:

39.3% were Not Hispanic or Latino
10.2% were Hispanic or Latino
2.4% were in a group of multiple ethnicities
48.1% ethnicity unknown

Of the 6,264 known offenders for whom ages were known:

89.1% 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, 28.9%, occurred in or near residences/homes
19.9% occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks
6.5% happened in parking/drop lots/garages
4.2% occurred at schools/colleges
3.6% occurred at parks/playgrounds
3.4% took place in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques
The location was reported as other/unknown of 8.6% of hate crime incidents

The remaining 24.8% 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 2020: This is a pie chart showing the percentage of bias motivation categories for victims of single-bias incidents in 2020. They are as follows:

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	61.8%
Religion	13.3%
Sexual Orientation	20.0%
Gender Identity	2.7%
Disability	1.4%
Gender	0.7%

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category: This is a bar chart comparing the 2019 and 2020 data for bias motivation categories for single bias incidents. They are as follows:

Bias Motivation Categories	2019	2020
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	3,963	5,227
Religion	1,521	1,244
Sexual Orientation	1,195	1,110
Gender Identity	198	266
Disability	157	130
Gender	69	75
Total	7,103	8,052