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FBI releases 2016
Hate Crime Statistics
Report Details Offenses, Victims, Offenders, and Locations of Crimes
Today, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released Hate
Crime Statistics, 2016, its latest annual compilation of bias-motivated
incidents reported throughout the U.S.
The newest report—which provides information about the offenses,
victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes—reveals that for 2016,
law enforcement agencies reported 6,121 criminal incidents that were
motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual
orientation, disability, gender, or gender identity.
As part of the 2016 report, participants in UCR’s Hate Crime Statistics
Program included 15,254 law enforcement agencies. These agencies
provided from one to 12 months’ worth of data about bias-motivated
crime, and of those agencies, 1,776 reported one or more incidents. The
remaining agencies reported no hate crimes occurred within their
jurisdictions.
Of the 6,121 criminal incidents reported, 6,063 were single-bias
incidents (there were also 58 multiple-bias incidents). Of the
single-bias incidents:
57.5 percent were motivated by a race, ethnicity or ancestry bias;
21.0 percent were motivated by a religious bias;
17.7 percent were motivated by a sexual orientation bias;
The remaining incidents were motivated by a gender identity,
disability, or gender bias.
Where were these crimes committed? The two largest percentages of hate
crime incidents took place in or near residences (27.3 percent) and on
or near some type of roadway (18.4 percent). The remaining incidents
were perpetrated at a variety of other locations, including schools and
houses of worship, commercial and government buildings, restaurants and
nightclubs, parking lots and garages, playgrounds and parks, and even
medical facilities.
In short, hate crimes can and do happen just about anywhere.
What about the victims of these crimes? Hate crime victims can be
individuals, businesses, government entities, religious organizations,
or society as whole, and they can be committed against persons,
property, or society. In 2016, law enforcement reported a total of
7,615 victims of hate crimes.
Of the 7,615 overall victims, 4,720 were victims of crimes against
persons (both adults and juveniles), 2,813 were victims of crimes
against property, and 82 were victims of hate crimes categorized as
crimes against society (e.g., weapons violations, drug offenses,
gambling).
Going forward. The FBI, through its UCR Program, will continue to
collect and disseminate information on hate crime—as a means to educate
and increase awareness of these types of crimes for the public as well
as for law enforcement, government, community leaders, civic
organizations, and researchers around the country.
The Bureau will also continue to combat hate crimes that fall under
federal jurisdiction—the number one investigative priority under our
Civil Rights Program—and offer operational assistance to our local and
state law enforcement partners during their hate crime investigations.
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