Location Type

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Agencies may specify the location of an offense within a hate crime incident as 1 of 46 location designations. However, not all reporting agencies have made the programming changes to allow the relatively new location designations; therefore, the data collected to date are not yet representative of all location designations. Also, the location type cyberspace is collected in the National Incident-Based Reporting System only. The location designations of the hate crime incidents reported in 2017 (based on Table 10) were:

• 27.5 percent of hate crime incidents occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 17.0 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 10.5 percent happened at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 5.8 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 4.1 percent occurred in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.

• 2.7 percent took place in restaurants.

• 1.9 percent occurred in commercial office buildings.

• 1.8 percent occurred at parks/playgrounds.

• 1.6 percent happened in air/bus/train terminals.

• 1.6 percent took place in government/public buildings.

• 1.5 percent took place in convenience stores.

• 1.4 percent happened in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.3 percent happened in department/discount stores.

• 1.1 percent occurred in specialty stores (TV, fur, etc.).

• 1.0 percent took place in drug stores/doctors’ offices/hospitals.

• 1.0 percent took place in grocery/supermarkets.

• 6.7 percent of hate crimes occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 11.5 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Location by bias motivation

Race/ethnicity/ancestry bias

Law enforcement reported 4,131 hate crime incidents motivated by race/ethnicity/ancestry bias in 2017. Of these:

• 27.4 percent took place in or near residences/homes.

• 18.8 percent occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 10.2 percent happened at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 6.6 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 3.1 percent occurred in restaurants.

• 2.2 percent occurred in commercial/office buildings.

• 2.0 percent took place at air/bus/train terminals.

• 1.9 percent took place in government/public buildings.

• 1.7 percent occurred at convenience stores.

• 1.6 percent happened at parks/playgrounds.

• 1.5 percent occurred at department/discount stores.

• 1.4 percent happened in grocery/supermarkets.

• 1.4 percent took place at service/gas stations.

• 1.3 percent occurred in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.2 percent took place in drug stores/doctors’ offices/hospitals.

• 1.2 percent happened in specialty stores (TV, fur, etc.).

• 7.3 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 9.2 percent occurred in other/unknown locations.

Religious bias

Of the 1,564 reported hate crime incidents that occurred due to a religious bias:

• 23.0 percent happened in or near residences/homes.

• 15.0 percent occurred in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.

• 12.7 percent transpired at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 8.9 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 4.0 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 2.0 percent took place in commercial office buildings.

• 15.3 percent occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 19.1 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Sexual-orientation bias

Law enforcement reported that bias motivation against a particular sexual orientation prompted 1,130 hate crime incidents in 2017. Of these:

• 32.4 percent occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 21.3 percent happened on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 8.2 percent transpired at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 5.8 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 3.4 percent happened in restaurants.

• 3.3 percent took place in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.8 percent took place at parks/playgrounds.

• 1.5 percent transpired in government/public buildings.

• 1.3 percent occurred in air/bus/train terminals.

• 1.2 percent happened in convenience stores.

• 1.2 percent occurred in jails/prisons/penitentiaries/corrections facilities.

• 1.1 percent took place in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.

• 1.0 percent happened in specialty stores (TV, fur, etc.).

• 6.4 percent occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 10.2 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Disability bias

Bias against individuals with a disability (either physical or mental) motivated 116 reported hate crime incidents in 2017. Of these:

• 39.7 percent occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 13.8 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 9.5 percent happened in schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 6.0 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 26.7 percent transpired in the remaining specified location categories.

• 4.3 percent happened in other/unknown locations.

Gender bias

Law enforcement reported 46 gender bias hate crimes in 2017. Of these:

• 52.2 percent happened at residences/homes.

• 10.9 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 6.5 percent occurred at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 4.3 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 23.9 percent occurred in the remaining specified locations or in multiple locations.

• 2.2 percent happened in other/unknown locations.

Gender identity bias

During 2017, 119 hate crimes motivated by gender identity bias were reported. Of these:

• 24.4 percent occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 18.5 percent happened at residences/homes.

• 14.3 percent occurred at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 3.4 percent happened in air/bus/train terminals.

• 3.4 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 2.5 percent occurred in commercial office buildings.

• 2.5 percent happened in restaurants.

• 2.5 percent occurred in shopping malls.

• 11.8 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories.

• 16.8 percent occurred at other/unknown locations.

Multiple-bias incidents

Sixty-nine multiple-bias hate crime incidents were reported in 2017. Of these:

• 20 occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 10 took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 9 took place in schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 7 happened in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 6 took place at parks/playgrounds.

• 2 happened in commercial office buildings.

• 2 took place in convenience stores.

• 2 occurred in department/discount stores.

• 1 occurred in an air/bus/train terminal.

• 1 occurred in a bar/nightclub.

• 1 happened in a church/synagogue/temple/mosque.

• 1 took place in a drug store/doctor’s office/hospital.

• 1 occurred in a field/woods.

• 1 took place in a restaurant.

• 1 occurred in a specialty store (TV, fur, etc.).

• 3 happened at multiple locations.

• 1 was reported in the other/unknown location category.