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United States of America

The United States regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. The United States publishes hate crime data annually.

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics conducts a regular National Crime Victimization Survey, with data covering the period from 2005 to 2020. In 2020, the Department of Justice issued a comprehensive "Law Enforcement Roundtable Report on Hate Crimes", setting forth key recommendations and action steps to combat hate crime.

Following a 2021 review by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), hate crimes were included in the top-level category of priorities (Band 1 National Threat Priority), resulting in an increase in resources allocated to tackle hate crime. By collaborating with the national Hate Crime Coalition, the FBI consults closely with civil society organizations (CSOs), including to develop and update the FBI Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines and Training Manual. During an update of the Guidelines, the Department of Justice invited comments from the public and held two virtual consultations with CSOs.

Hate crime data collection in the United States
Support for hate crime victims in the United States
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OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2021 Not available Not available Not available
2020 11,129 - -
2019 8,559 - -
2018 8,496 27 20
2017 8,437 Not available Not available
2016 7,321 Not available Not available
2015 6,885 Not available Not available
2014 6385 Not available Not available
2013 6933 22 Not available
2012 6718 Not available Not available
2011 7254 Not available Not available
2010 7699 Not available Not available
2009 7789 Not available Not available

About 2018 Data

    The FBI reports data, collected from several thousand law enforcement agencies, based on both 'incidents' and offences – the latter being presented here. This number can include multiple biases, but only offences with one recorded bias are shown in the bias motivation breakdown. In addition, FBI has independently investigated 95 hate crimes, which number is not included in the total. The vast majority of hate crimes in the United States are prosecuted at the state and local level, for which no figures are available. The numbers presented here are for federal prosecutions only and refer to defendants charged by the US Department of Justice; and sentencing decisions of federal courts, which refer to offenders sentenced using the hate crime sentence enhancement.

Hate crime recorded by police

The breakdown below refers only to offences with one recorded bias. An additional 169 offences were reported as committed with two or more biases and are not presented here.

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  • By type of crime
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National developments

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and Civil Rights Unit (CRU) collaborated to gather hate crime incident data investigated and reported by the CRU for 2018. As a result, FBI hate crime data is for the first time included in the 2018 hate crime publication, in addition to data from other federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.

In August, the Department of Justice (DoJ) Hate Crimes Initiative convened the first-ever federal seminar on Investigating and Prosecuting Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism, bringing together 70 Department civil rights and domestic terrorism prosecutors and agents to discuss how to better collaborate when investigating and prosecuting hate crimes that also constitute acts of domestic terrorism. In October, the Department's Hate Crimes Initiative convened a law enforcement roundtable on hate crimes. The event brought state, local and tribal law enforcement leaders from around the country together with DoJ officials. The participants agreed that in order to improve investigation and reporting of hate crimes, the federal government should support hate crimes training at all levels of law enforcement. The DoJ also launched a new hate crimes website – www.justice.gov/hatecrimes – designed to provide a centralized portal for the Department's hate crimes resources for law enforcement, media, researchers, victims, advocacy groups, and other related organizations and individuals.

The DoJ also announced a grant of more than USD 840,000 to the University of New Hampshire to conduct a national survey of hate crime incidents and victimization. The multi-phase study, funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) in the Department's Office of Justice Programs, will run through 2021 and provide detailed data about hate crimes, analyse local policies that impact hate crime reporting and identify successful investigation and prosecution strategies.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the United States has not reported information on prosecuted and sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-11 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-08 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-01 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-10 Violent attacks against people
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-07 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-12 Threats
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-06 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-07 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-07 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-08 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-08 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-09 Threats
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-11 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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2018-10 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Show info
2018-11 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018 Threats
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-09 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018 Attacks against property
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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Other hate crime based on religion or belief

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-12 Attacks against property
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2018-09 Violent attacks against people
OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.
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