|
Category |
1998 Reported Incidents |
Percentage |
|
Total |
7,755 |
% |
|
Race |
4,321 |
55.7% |
|
Religion |
1,390 |
17.9% |
|
Sexual Orientation |
1,260 |
16.2% |
|
Ethnicity/National Origin |
754 |
9.7% |
|
Disability |
25 |
0.32% |
|
Multiple Bias Incidents |
5 |
0.06% |
|
Year |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
Total Hate Crime Incidents Reported |
4,558 |
6,623 |
7,587 |
5,932 |
7,947 |
8,759 |
8,049 |
7,755*** |
|
Hate crimes based on sexual orientation |
___** |
767 |
860 |
685 |
1,019 |
1,016 |
1,102 |
1,260 |
|
Percentage of crimes based on sexual orientation |
8.9% |
11.6% |
11.3% |
11.5% |
12.8% |
11.6% |
13.7% |
16.2% |
|
Sexual Orientation |
Incidents |
Offenses |
Victims |
Known Offenders |
|
Total |
1,260 |
1,439 |
1,488 |
1,408 |
|
Anti-Male Homosexual |
850 |
972 |
1,005 |
1,048 |
|
Anti-Female Homosexual |
223 |
265 |
270 |
207 |
|
Anti-Homosexual |
158 |
170 |
177 |
129 |
|
Anti-Heterosexual |
12 |
13 |
17 |
7 |
|
Anti-Bisexual |
17 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
*All Data from FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 1991 - 1998.
**Exact number of incidents for 1991 not available from FBI. Percentage based
on number of reported offenses . 425 to 4,755 -- based on sexual orientation.
***The number of agencies reporting hate crimes to the FBI decreased 7 percent
in 1998.
Oct-99
For more information on hate crimes in your community, check out the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs 1998 report. (A 350k pdf file.)