Hate crimes reported to the FBI soared about 17%
Washington sources reported that FBI report showed released Tuesday that a total of 7,175 hate crime incidents were reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016, said the UCR Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report. Meanwhile it’s the third year in a row the FBI has reported an increase in hate crimes. The number of hate crimes in 2016 rose about 5% from 2015.
Accordingly the 2017 incidents encompass 8,437 total offences, meaning some involved multiple criminal charges. Reports added the most common bias categories in single-bias incidents were race/ethnicity/ancestry (59.6 percent), religion (20.6 percent), and sexual orientation (15.8 percent). Furthermore of crimes motivated by race, ancestry or ethnicity, about 48.8% were motivated by hatred against African Americans, 17.5% stemmed from bias against whites, and 10.9% were classified as anti-Latino or anti-Hispanic bias.
Moreover in addition to the 7,106 single-bias incidents reported last year, there were also 69 multiple-bias hate crimes reported. Further about 5,000 of the hate crimes reported were categorized as crimes against persons, such as intimidation or assault. About 3,000 were considered crimes against property, such as vandalism, robbery, or burglary.