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Hate crime incidents
10,881
incidents reported, 2025 · Down 8.8% from 2024
Timeline
Incidents police agencies reported to the FBI as motivated by bias.
Source and method
Agencies choose whether to take part, and many report none.
No rate. Agencies choose whether to take part, and the people they serve change from year to year, so a rate over every resident would mislead.
FBI Hate Crime Statistics · Calendar year · 1991 to 2025
- 1991 onThe Crime Data API /hate-crime counts and the Hate crime master file hold the same records side by side. CrimeDB uses the Hate crime master file; the other is kept as a check. The live database's counts for the nation and states, pulled 2026-09-29 as a dated check.
- 1991 onThe CDE hate crime incident extract (hate_crime.csv) and the Hate crime master file hold the same records side by side. CrimeDB uses the Hate crime master file; the other is kept as a check. A later snapshot of CDE's live database; a year's rows differ from the master file by up to 256. Kept as a dated check.
- 1997Disability bias (codes 51 and 52) is collected from 1997
- 2013Gender (61, 62) and gender identity (71, 72) bias are collected from 2013, and several codes change meaning
Breakdown
Incidents reported by bias motivation, 2025
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 54%5,859 | 5,859 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | 22%2,408 | 2,408 | |
| Sexual Orientation | 14%1,527 | 1,527 | |
| Gender Identity | 5%489 | 489 | |
| More than one bias | 3%353 | 353 | |
| Disability | 1%145 | 145 | |
| Gender | 1%100 | 100 |
All 10,881 incidents reported in 2025.
FBI Hate Crime Statistics
Every figure as a table
Hate crime incidents, incidents reported, by year
| Year | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,881 | |
| 2024 | 11,928 | |
| 2023 | 12,155 | |
| 2022 | 11,845 | |
| 2021 | 10,975 | |
| 2020 | 9,960 | |
| 2019 | 7,875 | |
| 2018 | 7,181 | |
| 2017 | 7,329 | |
| 2016 | 6,121 | |
| 2015 | 5,850 | |
| 2014 | 5,479 | |
| 2013 | 5,914 | |
| 2012 | 6,593 | |
| 2011 | 6,222 | |
| 2010 | 6,628 | |
| 2009 | 6,612 | |
| 2008 | 7,783 | |
| 2007 | 7,624 | |
| 2006 | 7,726 | |
| 2005 | 7,163 | |
| 2004 | 7,649 | |
| 2003 | 7,489 | |
| 2002 | 7,462 | |
| 2001 | 9,730 | |
| 2000 | 8,063 | |
| 1999 | 7,875 | |
| 1998 | 7,751 | |
| 1997 | 8,048 | |
| 1996 | 8,759 | |
| 1995 | 7,946 | |
| 1994 | 5,953 | |
| 1993 | 7,603 | |
| 1992 | 6,662 | |
| 1991 | 4,589 |
No rate. Agencies choose whether to take part, and the people they serve change from year to year, so a rate over every resident would mislead.
FBI Hate Crime Statistics · Calendar year
Incidents reported by bias motivation, 2025
| Bias motivation | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 5,859 | 54% |
| Religion | 2,408 | 22% |
| Sexual Orientation | 1,527 | 14% |
| Gender Identity | 489 | 5% |
| More than one bias | 353 | 3% |
| Disability | 145 | 1% |
| Gender | 100 | 1% |
All 10,881 incidents reported in 2025.
FBI Hate Crime Statistics