2017 Hate Crime Statistics Released
Report Shows More Departments Reporting Hate Crime Statistics
November 27, 2018
The number of hate crime incidents reported to the FBI increased about 17 percent in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report, released November 13.
Law enforcement reported 7,175 hate crimes to UCR in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. Although the numbers increased last year, so did the number of law enforcement agencies reporting hate crime data—with approximately 1,000 additional agencies contributing information. The report, Hate Crime Statistics, 2017, includes hate crime information for last year, broken down by location, offenders, bias types, and victims.
Resources:
- Full report: Hate Crime Statistics, 2017
- Full fbi.gov story: 2017 Hate Crime Statistics Released
- FBI, This Week podcast: 2017 Hate Crime Statistics Released
