Location Type
In addition to the five new location designations published with the 2010 hate crime data, several other location designations were added to the hate crime data collection. As a result, reporting agencies may specify the location of an offense within a hate crime incident as one of 45 location designations. However, not all reporting agencies have made the programming change to allow these additional locations designations; therefore the data collected to date are not yet representative of all location designations. The location designations of the hate crime incidents reported in 2011 (based on Table 10) were:
- 32.0 percent of hate crime incidents occurred in or near residences or homes.
- 18.0 percent took place on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
- 9.3 percent happened at schools or colleges (based on three designations).
- 5.9 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 4.4 percent occurred in churches, synagogues, or temples.
- 2.5 percent transpired in bars or nightclubs.
- 1.8 percent occurred in commercial office buildings.
- 1.4 percent took place in government/public buildings.
- 13.3 percent happened in the remaining specified location categories
(e.g., air/bus/train terminal, convenience store, service/gas station, etc.) or in multiple locations. - 11.3 percent occurred in other/unknown locations.
Location by bias motivation
Racial bias
Law enforcement reported 2,917 hate crime incidents motivated by racial bias in 2011. Of these:
- 33.7 percent took place in or near residences or homes.
- 19.3 percent occurred on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
- 9.5 percent happened at schools or colleges (based on three designations).
- 6.3 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 2.3 percent occurred in bars/nightclubs.
- 2.1 percent took place in restaurants.
- 1.9 percent happened in commercial office buildings.
- 1.7 percent occurred in government/public buildings.
- 13.7 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.
- 9.6 percent occurred in other/unknown locations.
Religious bias
Of the 1,233 reported hate crime incidents that occurred due to a religious bias:
- 28.6 percent happened in or near residences or homes.
- 19.2 percent occurred in churches, synagogues, or temples.
- 10.7 percent transpired at schools or colleges (based on three designations).
- 7.8 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets.
- 2.4 percent happened in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 13.5 percent occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.
- 17.8 percent took place in other/unknown locations.
Sexual-orientation bias
Law enforcement reported that bias motivation against a particular sexual orientation prompted 1,293 hate crime incidents in 2011. Of these:
- 31.9 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
- 23.9 percent happened on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
- 10.7 percent took place in other or unknown locations.
- 9.2 percent transpired at schools or colleges (based on three designations).
- 7.0 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 4.9 percent took place in bars or nightclubs.
- 12.4 percent happened in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.
Ethnicity/national origin bias
Of the 720 hate crime incidents motivated by ethnicity/national origin bias as reported by law enforcement in 2011:
- 30.7 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
- 19.9 percent took place on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
- 8.2 percent happened in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 6.3 percent transpired at schools or colleges (based on three designations).
- 3.2 percent took place in restaurants.
- 2.2 percent happened in bars or nightclubs.
- 2.1 percent occurred in commercial office buildings.
- 18.6 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories.
- 8.9 percent happened in other/unknown locations.
Disability bias
Bias against individuals with a disability (either physical or mental) motivated 53 hate reported crime incidents in 2011. Of these:
- 37.7 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
- 17.0 percent took place on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
- 9.4 percent happened in schools/colleges (based on three designations).
- 7.5 percent occurred at drug stores/doctor’s office/hospital.
- 7.5 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.
- 13.2 percent transpired in the remaining specified location categories.
- 7.5 percent happened in other/unknown locations.
Multiple-bias incidents
Six multiple-bias hate crime incidents were reported in 2011. Of these:
- 2 occurred in or near a residence or home.
- 2 happened on a highway/road/alley/street/sidewalk.
- 1 occurred in an elementary or secondary school.
- 1 happened in multiple locations.