United States of America
The United States regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. The United States publishes hate crime data annually.
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 crimes. 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.
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.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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2022 | 13,337 | Not available | Not available |
2021 | 12,411 | 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
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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.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the United States has not reported information on prosecuted and sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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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 |
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2018-10 | Violent attacks against people | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-07 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-12 | Threats | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-06 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-07 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-07 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-08 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-08 | Attacks against property | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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2018-09 | Threats | Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
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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)
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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 |
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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 |
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2018-09 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights
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