Utah
Hate Crime Statistics Case Examples News DOJ Offices
Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Utah in 2022.
Fast Facts on Utah Hate Crime Incidents*
Bias Motivation Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 20 | 56 | 41 |
Religion | 12 | 23 | 28 |
Sexual Orientation | 6 | 25 | 36 |
Disability | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Gender | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gender Identity | 7 | 10 | 5 |
Total: | 46 | 116 | 113 |
Crimes Against Persons | 60 | 45.8% |
Crimes Against Property | 66 | 50.4% |
Crimes Against Society | 5 | 3.8% |
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 41 | 36.2% |
Religion | 28 | 24.8% |
Sexual Orientation | 36 | 31.9% |
Disability | 3 | 2.7% |
Gender | 0 | 0.0% |
Gender Identity | 5 | 4.4% |
*2021 was the first year that the annual hate crimes statistics were reported entirely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). As a result of the shift to NIBRS-only data collection, law enforcement agency participation in submitting all crime statistics, including hate crimes, fell significantly from 2020 to 2021.
Case Examples
A Utah man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking three men with a metal pole he believed to be Mexican.
On November 27, 2018, the man entered a tire store and shouted at employees there that he wanted to “kill Mexicans.” Then he began attacking the employees with a metal pole, striking the first victim, a teenager, in the head, resulting in a serious injury. After the father of the victim, the business owner, rushed to help his son, the attacker struck him several times with the metal pole. The business owner’s brother rushed to intervene. The attacker threatened him, but he was not injured in the attack.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utah-man-sentenced-hate-crime-attack-three-men
Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/utah-man-charged-hate-crimes-attacking-three-men-metal-pole
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utah-man-convicted-hate-crime-charges-after-attacking-three-men-metal-pole
News
January 10, 2024
FBI Salt Lake City Releases PSAs in Foreign Languages to Encourage Hate Crime Reporting
May 26, 2023
Two Utah Men Charged with Federal Hate Crime Offense
February 20, 2020
Utah Man Convicted on Hate Crime Charges After Attacking Three Men with a Metal Pole
February 20, 2019
Utah Man Charged With Hate Crimes For Attacking Three Men With Metal Pole
March 22, 2018
September 15, 2017
DOJ Offices
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Salt Lake City |
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Utah (Salt Lake City) |
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Rocky Mountain Regional Office |