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Table 13

WASHINGTON

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by State and Agency, 2016

Agency Type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter Population1
Race/
Ethnicity/
Ancestry 		Religion Sexual
orientation 		Disability Gender Gender
Identity 		1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 239 61 70 2 3 14
Cities 190 51 59 2 2 11
Aberdeen 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16,155
Algona 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,166
Arlington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19,142
Auburn 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 78,400
Bainbridge Island 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23,998
Battle Ground 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19,734
Bellevue 2 13 3 0 0 0 6 5 3 4 142,238
Bellingham 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 86,005
Bothell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,828
Brier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,753
Centralia 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16,785
Darrington 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,381
Des Moines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31,523
Edmonds 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 41,705
Enumclaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,709
Everett 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 108,988
Federal Way 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 96,338
Forks 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3,787
Granite Falls 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,516
Kent 8 3 5 0 0 0 3 5 5 3 128,604
Kettle Falls 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1,596
Kirkland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 88,627
Lake Forest Park 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,369
Lake Stevens 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 31,440
Lakewood 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 60,153
Longview2 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 36,854
Lynnwood 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 37,217
Marysville 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 68,172
Mill Creek 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20,419
Milton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,785
Mountlake Terrace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21,212
Mount Vernon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 34,521
Mukilteo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21,416
Oak Harbor 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 22,795
Olympia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50,972
Orting 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7,594
Pasco 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 71,077
Port Angeles 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19,525
Port Townsend 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,378
Pullman 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33,456
Puyallup 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 40,167
Redmond2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 61,893
Renton 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 101,908
Richland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 55,475
Sammamish 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 53,387
Seattle 64 12 33 0 0 9 30 27 33 28 700,313
Snohomish 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,773
Spokane 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 214,028
Spokane Valley 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 95,923
Stanwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6,888
Tacoma 4 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 209,914
Tenino 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1,761
Tukwila 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20,195
Vancouver 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 174,912
Walla Walla 6 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 32,326
White Salmon 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2,364
Woodinville 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,953
Yakima 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 94,111
Universities and Colleges 3 1 4 0 1 1
Eastern Washington University 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12,361
Evergreen State College 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4,190
University of Washington 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 45,408
Washington State University, Pullman 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29,686
Western Washington University 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15,332
Metropolitan Counties 41 8 7 0 0 1
Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cowlitz 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
King 11 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 4
Pierce 10 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 6
Skagit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Snohomish 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1
Spokane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Walla Walla 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Whatcom2 8 2 3 0 0 0 5 3 3 2
Yakima 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Nonmetropolitan Counties 3 1 0 0 0 1
Grays Harbor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Island 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mason 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
San Juan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tribal Agencies 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lummi Tribal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Other Agencies 1 0 0 0 0 0
Port of Seattle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
  • 1 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2015 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 Includes one incident reported with more than one bias motivation.

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