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  • The 211 multiple-bias incidents reported in 2019 involved 257 offenses, 260 victims, and 138 known offenders. (See Table 1.)

Single-bias incidents (Based on Table 1.)

Analysis of the 7,103 single-bias incidents reported in 2019 revealed that:

  • 55.8 percent were motivated by a race/ethnicity/ancestry bias.
  • 21.4 percent were prompted by religious bias.
  • 16.8 percent resulted from sexual-orientation bias.
  • 2.8 percent were motivated by gender-identity bias.
  • 2.2 percent were prompted by disability bias.
  • 1.0 percent were motivated by gender bias.

Offenses by bias motivation within incidents (Based on Table 1.)

Of the 8,302 single-bias hate crime offenses reported in the above incidents:

  • 57.6 percent stemmed from a race/ethnicity/ancestry bias.
  • 19.9 percent were motivated by religious bias.
  • 16.8 percent resulted from sexual-orientation bias.
  • 2.7 percent stemmed from gender-identity bias.
  • 2.0 percent resulted from bias against disabilities.
  • 1.0 percent were prompted by gender bias.

Race/ethnicity/ancestry bias (Based on Table 1.)

In 2019, law enforcement agencies reported that 4,784 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by race/ethnicity/ancestry. Of these offenses:

  • 48.4 percent were motivated by anti-Black or African American bias.
Hate Crime Statistics, 2019
U.S. Department of Justice—Federal Bureau of Investigation
Released Fall 2020
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