Hate Crimes in the U.S.

Hate crime victims in 2016

African-Americans were the most-targeted group in 2016, comprising more than a quarter of all hate crime victims.

African-Americans

28.4%

Lesbian, gay or bisexual

17.5%

Whites

11.8%

Jews

11.2%

Latinos

6.1%

Muslims

5%

Chart: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND  Source: FBI  G

Most frequent hate crime bias types

The motivations for hate crimes varied significantly across major US cities in 2017.

City	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5
New York City, NY	Anti-Jewish	Sexual Orientation	Anti-Muslim	Anti-Black	Other
Los Angeles, CA	Anti-Gay (M)	Anti-Black	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Hispanic	Anti-Transgender
Chicago, IL	Anti-Black	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Islamic	Anti-Gay (M)	Anti-White
Houston, TX	Anti-Religion	Sexual Orientation	Race/Ethnicity	Gender Identity
Philadelphia, PA	Anti-Race	Anti-Religion	Anti-Sexual Orientation	Gender Identity
Phoenix, AZ	Anti-Black	Anti-Gay (M)	Anti-White	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Hispanic
San Antonio, TX	Anti-Black	Anti-Muslim	Other
San Diego, CA	Anti-Black	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Sexual Orientation	Anti-Islamic	Anti-Gay (M)
Dallas, TX	Anti-Gay (M)	Anti-Black	Anti-Race/Ethnicity
San Jose, CA	Anti-Black	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Gay (M)	Anti-Hispanic/Latino	Anti-Islamic/Muslim
San Francisco, CA	Anti-Race/Ethnicity	Anti-Sexual Orientation	Anti-Religion	Anti-Gender
Seattle, WA	Anti-LGBTQ	Anti-Black	Anti-Transgender	Anti-Hispanic	Anti-White
Denver, CO	Anti-Black	Anti-Jewish	Anti-Gay/Lesbian	Anti-Transgender	Anti-Homosexual
District of Columbia	Anti-Sexual Orientation	Anti-Race	Anti-Ethnicity	Anti-Gender Identity	Anti-Religion
Boston, MA	Anti-Black	Anti-Sexual Orientation	Anti-Indian (Asian)	Anti-Islamic	Anti-Hispanic
Detroit, MI	Anti-Homosexual	Anti-Black	Anti-White	Anti-Multi Racial	Anti-Other Ethnicity