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FBI Releases 2022 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 2022 hate crimes data, submitted by 14,631 law enforcement agencies, provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes. Of these agencies who submitted incident reports, there were 11,634 hate crime incidents involving 13,337 offenses.

Victims of Hate Crime Incidents

11,288 single-bias incidents involved 13,278 victims
In 346 incidents, a total of 433 victims were targeted because of more than one bias

Bias Motivation Categories for Victims of Single-bias Incidents in 2022

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category in 2022

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Offenses by Crime Category	Known Offenders	Location Type
Among the 13,377 hate crime offenses reported: Crimes against persons: 66.1% Crimes against property: 31.8% Crimes against society: 2.1%	Of the 10,299 known offenders: 51.0% were White 21.0% were Black or African American 17.4% race unknown Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders. Of the 7,671 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported: 12.8% were Hispanic or Latino 48.9% were not Hispanic or Latino 8.6% were in a group of multiple ethnicities 29.7% ethnicity unknown Of the 8,487 known offenders for whom ages were known: 80.6% 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, 26.8%, occurred in or near residences/homes 15.7% occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/ sidewalks 10.2% occurred at schools/colleges 5.8% happened in parking/drop lots/garages 2.7% took place in restaurants 3.6% took place in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques 3.3% occurred at parks/playgrounds The location was reported as other/unknown of 9.9% of hate crime incidents The remaining 22.0% of hate crime incidents took place at other or multiple locations.

Offenses by Crime Category

Known Offenders

Location Type

Among the 13,377 hate crime offenses reported:

Crimes against persons: 66.1%
Crimes against property: 31.8%
Crimes against society: 2.1%

Of the 10,299 known offenders:

51.0% were White
21.0% were Black or African American
17.4% race unknown

Other races accounted for the remaining known offenders.

Of the 7,671 known offenders for whom ethnicity was reported:

12.8% were Hispanic or Latino
48.9% were not Hispanic or Latino
8.6% were in a group of multiple ethnicities
29.7% ethnicity unknown

Of the 8,487 known offenders for whom ages were known:

80.6% 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, 26.8%, occurred in or near residences/homes
15.7% occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/ sidewalks
10.2% occurred at schools/colleges
5.8% happened in parking/drop lots/garages
2.7% took place in restaurants
3.6% took place in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques
3.3% occurred at parks/playgrounds
The location was reported as other/unknown of 9.9% of hate crime incidents

The remaining 22.0% of hate crime incidents took place at other or multiple locations.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Crime Data Explorer

The FBI's Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy with the result of a safer nation. Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files. The CDE also features hate crime statistics (see the "read more" link below).

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Bias Motivation Categories for Victims of Single-bias Incidents in 2022: This is a pie chart showing the percentage of bias motivation categories for victims of single-bias incidents in 2022. They are as follows:

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	59.1%
Religion	17.3%
Sexual Orientation	17.2%
Gender Identity	4.0%
Disability	1.5%
Gender	0.9%

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Single-bias Incident Bias Motivations by Category: This is a bar chart showing the 2022 and 2021 data for bias motivation categories for single bias incidents. They are as follows:

Bias Motivation Categories	2022	2021
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	6,567	6,643
Religion	2,042	1,590
Sexual Orientation	1,944	1,707
Gender Identity	469	342
Disability	171	152
Gender	95	96
Total	11,288	10,530