Arizona
Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Arizona in 2022.
Fast Facts on Arizona Hate Crime Incidents*
| Bias Motivation Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 202 | 61 | 138 |
| Religion | 37 | 15 | 27 |
| Sexual Orientation | 34 | 16 | 42 |
| Disability | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gender | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gender Identity | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| Total: | 283 | 96 | 228 |
| Crimes Against Persons | 170 | 75.6% |
| Crimes Against Property | 54 | 24.0% |
| Crimes Against Society | 1 | 0.4% |
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 138 | 60.5% |
| Religion | 27 | 11.8% |
| Sexual Orientation | 42 | 18.4% |
| Disability | 2 | 0.9% |
| Gender | 5 | 2.2% |
| Gender Identity | 14 | 6.1% |
*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 federal court sentenced a Washington man to seven years in prison for his role in a plot to threaten journalists and advocates. The man, a leader of the Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, targeted people who were working against anti-Semitism. Three others pled guilty for their roles in the plot in prior hearings.
According to evidence, the participants in this plot made threatening posters. The posters contained Nazi symbols, threatening language and imagery. The posters were then distributed to members of Atomwaffen Division online. Members of the hate-group then delivered or mailed the posters to targeted journalists and advocates.
In Seattle, the group sent posters to a TV journalist who had reported on Atomwaffen Division. The posters were also sent to members of the Anti-Defamation League, a leading Jewish civil rights organization. The group also targeted journalists in Phoenix and Tampa for reporting on anti-Semitism.
Complaint: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/press-release/file/1252306/download
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/arrests-four-states-racially-motivated-violent-extremists-targeting-journalists-and
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-neo-nazi-group-sentenced-plot-target-journalists-and-advocates
June 24, 2024
June 11, 2024
Arizona Man Charged with Selling Guns for Use in Mass Shooting
October 12, 2023
October 6, 2023
Hate Crime Charges Added in Burning of Arizona Churches Case
March 23, 2023
U.S. Attorney's Office for District of Arizona Hosts Second United Against Hate Event
December 2, 2022
U.S. Attorney’s Office for District of Arizona Hosts DOJ United Against Hate Event
October 6, 2021
FBI Phoenix Launches Hate Crime Reporting Campaign
February 26, 2020
Arrests in four states of racially motivated violent extremists targeting journalists and activists
July 17, 2019
Arizona Man Sentenced for Threatening Harvard Black Commencement Attendees in 2017
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program
City of Phoenix | Phoenix Police Department BJA FY 23 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes | FY 2023
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