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Table 4

Offenses

Offense Type

by Bias Motivation, 2015

Bias motivation Total
offenses 		Crimes against persons Crimes against property Crimes
against
society3
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter 		Rape1
(revised
definition) 		Rape2
(legacy
definition) 		Aggravated
assault 		Simple
assault 		Intimidation Other3 Robbery Burglary Larceny-
theft 		Motor
vehicle
theft 		Arson Destruction/
damage/
vandalism 		Other3
Total 6,885 18 12 1 882 1,696 1,853 20 120 147 255 22 30 1,698 66 65
Single-Bias Incidents 6,837 17 12 1 876 1,690 1,834 20 120 146 253 22 29 1,686 66 65
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry: 4,029 11 4 1 557 967 1,258 13 58 81 153 16 14 809 44 43
Anti-White 734 1 2 1 101 206 165 3 20 25 70 6 3 86 28 17
Anti-Black or African American 2,125 10 2 0 279 488 764 3 12 20 27 4 9 489 5 13
Anti-American Indian or Alaska Native 137 0 0 0 8 18 27 1 5 14 28 4 0 22 6 4
Anti-Asian 132 0 0 0 21 32 41 0 2 7 4 2 1 22 0 0
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Anti-Multiple Races, Group 138 0 0 0 12 15 34 0 1 3 4 0 0 64 2 3
Anti-Arab 47 0 0 0 2 22 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
Anti-Hispanic or Latino 379 0 0 0 82 98 116 3 15 5 8 0 1 50 1 0
Anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry 331 0 0 0 49 87 99 3 1 7 12 0 0 65 2 6
Religion: 1,354 4 1 0 68 188 280 1 7 35 60 2 12 678 10 8
Anti-Jewish 695 0 0 0 22 78 114 1 1 12 14 0 4 447 2 0
Anti-Catholic 59 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 1 4 5 1 2 30 1 2
Anti-Protestant 47 0 0 0 8 3 4 0 0 2 8 0 1 18 2 1
Anti-Islamic (Muslim) 301 4 0 0 27 64 120 0 4 4 4 0 1 70 0 3
Anti-Other Religion 104 0 1 0 2 8 28 0 1 6 1 0 3 54 0 0
Anti-Multiple Religions, Group 57 0 0 0 3 7 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 33 0 1
Anti-Mormon 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1
Anti-Jehovah's Witness 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Other) 50 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 5 17 1 0 11 3 0
Anti-Other Christian 18 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 2 0
Anti-Buddhist 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Anti-Hindu 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Anti-Sikh 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sexual Orientation: 1,219 1 5 0 214 461 253 4 47 22 23 1 3 178 5 2
Anti-Gay (Male) 758 1 2 0 140 297 144 2 29 18 8 1 1 112 3 0
Anti-Lesbian 168 0 2 0 31 66 38 0 3 3 2 0 0 23 0 0
Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (Mixed Group) 235 0 1 0 39 75 58 0 12 1 8 0 2 38 1 0
Anti-Heterosexual 23 0 0 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2
Anti-Bisexual 35 0 0 0 3 15 8 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 0
Disability: 88 0 0 0 11 27 16 1 2 1 6 1 0 14 4 5
Anti-Physical 52 0 0 0 6 17 10 0 2 1 2 1 0 9 0 4
Anti-Mental 36 0 0 0 5 10 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 4 1
Gender: 29 0 1 0 4 11 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0
Anti-Male 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Anti-Female 21 0 1 0 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Gender Identity: 118 1 1 0 22 36 19 1 6 7 9 1 0 5 3 7
Anti-Transgender 75 1 1 0 15 27 15 1 5 1 4 0 0 4 0 1
Anti-Gender Non-Conforming 43 0 0 0 7 9 4 0 1 6 5 1 0 1 3 6
Multiple-Bias Incidents4 48 1 0 0 6 6 19 0 0 1 2 0 1 12 0 0
  • 1 The figures shown in the rape (revised definition) column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 The figures shown in the rape (legacy definition) column include only those reported by law enforcement agencies that used the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 Includes additional offenses collected in the National Incident-Based Reporting System. See Methodology.
  • 4 A multiple-bias incident is an incident in which one or more offense types are motivated by two or more biases.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.