FBI releases 2021 hate crime statistics through Uniform Crime Reporting Program

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), through its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, has released 2021 hate crime statistics.

The data was submitted by 11,834 law enforcement agencies providing information about offenses, victims, offenders, and hate crime locations.

According to the FBI, the 2021 report reflects the first year the annual hate crimes statistics are reported entirely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) – which officials maintain collects more detailed data for each individual criminal incident.

The statistics, according to officials, showed law enforcement agencies submitted incident reports involving 7,262 criminal incidents and 8,673 related offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity.

The FBI noted 64.8 percent of victims were targeted because of the offenders’ race/ ethnicity/ancestry bias, 15.6 percent were targeted because of the offenders’ sexual-orientation bias, 13.3 percent were targeted because of the offenders’ religious bias, 3.6 percent were targeted because of the offenders’ gender identity bias, 1.7 percent were targeted because of the offenders’ disability bias and 1.0 percent were targeted because of the offenders’ gender bias.

With regard to offenses by crime category, the report determined 44.2 percent were intimidation, 35.9 percent were simple assault, and 18.3 percent were aggravated assault.

Additionally, the FBI noted of the 6,312 known offenders, 56.1 percent were White, 21.3 percent were Black or African American, 1.3 percent were American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.0 percent were Asian, 0.4 percent were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 6.3 percent were multiple races.

According to the report, 32.2 percent of hate crimes occurred in or near residences/homes.