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Home • Hate Crime • 2017 • Tables • Table 4

Table 4

Offenses

Offense Type

by Bias Motivation, 2017

Bias motivation Total
offenses 		Crimes against persons Crimes against property Crimes
against
society2
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter 		Rape1 Aggravated
assault 		Simple
assault 		Intimidation Human Trafficking,
Commercial
Sex Acts 		Other2 Robbery Burglary Larceny-
theft 		Motor
vehicle
theft 		Arson Destruction/
damage/
vandalism 		Other2
Total 8,437 15 23 990 1,745 2,283 1 27 157 145 326 41 42 2,325 79 238
Single-Bias Incidents 8,126 15 23 975 1,623 2,156 1 27 157 140 323 41 41 2,291 79 234
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry: 4,832 11 8 638 965 1,442 1 15 84 83 208 35 24 1,111 40 167
Anti-White 844 5 2 105 203 171 0 7 22 24 92 14 3 113 20 63
Anti-Black or African American 2,358 5 1 326 454 820 0 2 19 29 17 2 15 640 6 22
Anti-American Indian or Alaska Native 281 0 4 17 29 44 0 1 2 12 60 14 0 26 10 62
Anti-Asian 152 0 0 14 40 45 0 0 0 4 8 1 0 38 0 2
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 17 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 0
Anti-Multiple Races, Group 215 0 0 8 27 65 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 102 0 2
Anti-Arab 128 0 1 24 37 37 0 2 2 1 5 2 0 16 0 1
Anti-Hispanic or Latino 525 1 0 105 124 167 0 0 29 3 12 1 3 74 2 4
Anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry 312 0 0 38 49 90 0 0 5 5 9 1 3 100 1 11
Religion: 1,679 1 1 55 184 331 0 2 14 35 52 3 8 938 24 31
Anti-Jewish 976 0 0 8 61 179 0 0 4 11 11 0 2 696 2 2
Anti-Catholic 75 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 43 3 11
Anti-Protestant 40 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 22 1 2
Anti-Islamic (Muslim) 314 0 0 28 77 110 0 0 6 2 6 0 0 80 5 0
Anti-Other Religion 82 0 0 2 10 21 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 36 2 3
Anti-Multiple Religions, Group 54 0 0 5 15 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 1 21 0 2
Anti-Mormon 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 4
Anti-Jehovah's Witness 13 0 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Other) 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 3 6 3
Anti-Other Christian 31 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 22 0 1
Anti-Buddhist 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
Anti-Hindu 15 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
Anti-Sikh 24 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 3 1
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
Sexual Orientation: 1,303 2 8 237 383 327 0 5 52 15 38 1 7 207 3 18
Anti-Gay (Male) 758 2 3 161 233 170 0 2 42 11 9 1 3 115 1 5
Anti-Lesbian 159 0 3 21 51 50 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 26 0 2
Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (Mixed Group) 321 0 1 44 83 95 0 2 9 3 18 0 4 60 0 2
Anti-Heterosexual 37 0 0 5 8 8 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 1 5
Anti-Bisexual 28 0 1 6 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4
Disability: 128 1 3 12 32 23 0 2 2 2 16 0 2 8 9 16
Anti-Physical 35 1 0 4 9 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 7
Anti-Mental 93 0 3 8 23 18 0 2 2 2 11 0 2 6 7 9
Gender: 53 0 3 5 12 8 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 13 0 2
Anti-Male 25 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 5 0 1
Anti-Female 28 0 2 2 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
Gender Identity: 131 0 0 28 47 25 0 0 5 3 6 0 0 14 3 0
Anti-Transgender 118 0 0 27 43 24 0 0 4 2 4 0 0 13 1 0
Anti-Gender Non-Conforming 13 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0
Multiple-Bias Incidents3 311 0 0 15 122 127 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 34 0 4
  • 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using only the revised Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 2 Includes additional offenses collected in the National Incident-Based Reporting System. See Methodology.
  • 3 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.