December 11, 2009
NOTE: Hate crimes against LGBT far exceeded those against Muslims, which actually decreased from 2007, while crimes against LGBT increased 28%.
2008 Hate Crime Statistics (2007 in parentheses)
- 13,690 law enforcement agencies submitted hate crime data
- 2,145 agencies – 7,783 (7,624) hate crimes
- Single-bias: 7,780 (7,621)
- Offenses; 9,160 (8,999)
- Victims: 9,683 (9,527)
- Offenders.6,921 (6,962)
- Multiple-bias incidents: 3 (3)
- Involved 8 (7) offenses, 8 (8) victims, and 6 (3) offenders.
Single-bias incidents: 7,780 (7,621)
Percentages – all the way down.
- 51.3 (50.8) – racially motivated.
- 19.5 (18.4) – religious
- 16.7 (16.6) - sexual-orientation
- 11.5 (13.2) – ethnicity/national origin
- 1.0 (1) – disability
Offenses by bias: 9,160
Approx 4% population identifies as LGBT and yet there is a disproportionally high percentage of hate crimes.
- 51.4 (50.8) – racial
- 17.7 (16.6) (2006 15.5) – sexual-orientation
- 17.5 (18.4) – religious
- 12.5 (13.2) – ethnicity/national origin
- 0.9 (1) – disabilities.
Racial bias offenses: 4,704 (3,870)
- 72.6 – anti-black
- 17.3 – anti-white
- 5.5 groups of individuals/more than one race
- 3.4 – anti-Asian/Pacific Islander
- 1.3 anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native
Sexual-orientation bias: 1,617 (1,265) + 28%
- 58.6 – anti-male homosexual
- 25.7 - anti-homosexual
- 12.0 – anti-female homosexual
- 2.0 - anti-heterosexual
- 1.7 – anti-bisexual
- [They don't keep track of transgender]
Religious bias: 1,606 (1,400)
- 65.7 - anti-Jewish
- 13.2 – anti-other religion
- 7.7 – anti-Islamic. 105 (115) vs 1,617 sexual orientation
- 4.7 - anti-Catholic
- 4.2 – anti-multiple religions, group.
- 3.7 – anti-Protestant.
- 0.9 – anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.
Ethnicity/national origin bias: 1,148 (1,007) offenses
- 64.0 – anti-Hispanic
- 36.0 – anti-other ethnicity/national origin
Disability bias: 85 (79)
- 57 offenses – anti-mental disability
- 28 offenses – anti-physical disability
By offense types: 9,168 offenses
- 32.4 – destruction/damage/vandalism.
- 29.5 – intimidation.
- 19.4 – simple assault.
- 11.2 – aggravated assault.
- 7.5 – additional crimes against persons, property, society.
Offenses by crime category: 9,168 offenses
- 60.4 – crimes against persons.
- 39.4 – crimes against property.
Crimes against persons: 5,542 (5,408)
- 48.8 (47.4) – intimidation.
- 32.1 (31.1) – simple assault.
- 18.5 (20.6) – aggravated assault.
- 0.3 - 7 (9) murders and 11 forcible rapes.
This number has to be much higher, since rape is the crime that is under-reported, especially rape of homosexuals.
Crimes against property: 3,608 (3,579)
- 82.3 (81.4) – acts of destruction/damage/vandalism.
- 17.7 (18.6) – against property
- Robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, other.
Crimes against society: 18 (19)
Victim type:
- 50.9 – against individuals.
- 12.9 – businesses or financial institutions.
- 8.9 – government.
- 6.6 - religious organizations.
- 20.6 – other, multiple, or unknown victim types.
