Combating Hate

The following chart was compiled by the Anti-Defamation League from information collected by the FBI.

Ten Year Comparison of FBI Hate Crime Statistics (2006-1997)
  2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Participating Agencies 12,620 12,417 12,711 11,909 12,073 11,987 11,690 12,122 10,730 11,211
Total Hate Crime Incidents Reported 7,722 7,163 7,649 7,489 7,462 9,730 8,063 7,876 7,755 8,049
Number of States, including D.C. 50 50 50 50 50 50 49 49 47 49
Percentage of U.S. Population Agencies Represented 85.2 82.7% 86.6% 82.8% 85.7% 85.0% 84.2% 85.0% 80.0% 83.0%
Offenders' Reported Motivations in Percentages of Incidents (2006-1997)
  2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
Racial Bias 4,000/51.8 3,919/ 54.7 4,402/ 57.5 3,844/ 51.3 3,642/ 48.8 4,367/44.9 4,337/53.8 4,295/54.5 4,321/55.7 4,710/58.5
Anti-Black  2,640/34.2 2,630/ 36.7 2,731/35.7 2,548/ 34.0 2,486/33.3 2,899/30 3,884/35.8 2,486/33.3 2,901/37.4 3,120/38.8
Anti-White 890/11.5 828/ 11.6 829/10.8 830/ 11.1 719/9.6 891/9.1 875/10.9 781/9.9 792/10.2 993/12.3
Anti-Asian / Pacific Islander 181/2.3 199/ 2.8 217/2.8 231/3.1 217/2.9 280/2.9 281/3.5 298/3.8 293/3.8 347/4.3
Religious Bias 1,462/18.9 1,227/ 17.1 1,374/18.0 1,343/ 17.9 1,426/19.1 1,828/18.8 1,472/18.3 1,411/17.9 1,390/17.9 1,385/17.2
Anti-Semitic 967/12.5 848/ 11.8 954/12.5 927/ 12.4 931/12.5 1,043/10.7 1,109/13.8 1,109/14.1 1,081/13.9 1,087/13.5
Anti-Semitic as Percentage of Religious Bias 66 69 69 69 65 57 75 79 78 79
Anti-Islamic 156/2.0 128/ 1.8 156/2.0 149/2.0 155/2.1 481/4.9 28/0.35 32/0.40 21/0.27 28/0.35
Ethnicity / National Origin 984/12.7 944/ 13.2 972/12.7 1026/ 13.7 1,102/14.8 2,098/21.6 911/11.3 829/10.5 754/9.7 836/10.4
Anti-Hispanic 576/7.5 522/ 7.3 475/6.2 426/5.7 480/6.4 597/6.1 557/6.9 466/5.9 754/9.7 491/6.1
Sexual Orientation 1,195/15.5 1,017/ 14.2 1,197/15.6 1,239/ 16.5 1,244/16.7 1,393/14.3 1,299/16.1 1,317/16.7 1,206/16.2 1,102/13.7
Disability 79/1.0 53/ 0.74 57/0.74 33/0.44 45/0.59 35/0.36 36/0.45 19/0.24 25/0.32 12/0.15

More information about ADL's resources on hate crimes is available on the League's Web site.