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Uniform Crime Report Hate Crime Statistics |
Incidents and Offenses
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program collects data about both single-bias and multiple-bias hate crimes. For each offense type reported, law enforcement must indicate at least one bias motivation. A single-bias incident is defined as an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by the same bias. As of 2013, a multiple-bias incident is defined as an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by two or more biases.
Important note about rape data
In 2013, the FBI’s UCR Program initiated the collection of rape data under a revised definition within the Summary Reporting System. The term “forcible” was removed from the offense name, and the definition was changed to “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.”
In 2016, the FBI Director approved the recommendation to discontinue the reporting of rape data using the UCR legacy definition beginning in 2017.
The offenses of fondling, incest, and statutory rape are included in the crimes against persons, other category.
Rape totals are provided in Tables 2, 3, 4, 7, and 11 of Hate Crime Statistics, 2019. (See the Methodology for more information about this program change as well as others.)
Overview
- In 2019, 15,588 law enforcement agencies participated in the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Of these agencies, 2,172 reported 7,314 hate crime incidents involving 8,559 offenses. (See Tables 1 and 12.)
- There were 7,103 single-bias incidents that involved 8,302 offenses, 8,552 victims, and 6,268 known offenders. (See Table 1.)
Released Fall 2020
