2015 Hate Crime stats- FBI

An analysis of data for victims of single-bias hate crime incidents showed that:

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59.2 percent of the victims were targeted because of the offenders’ bias against race/ethnicity/ancestry.
19.7 percent were victimized because of bias against religion.
17.7 percent were targeted because of bias against sexual orientation.
1.7 percent were victims of gender-identity bias.
1.2 percent were targeted because of bias against disability.
0.4 percent (30 individuals) were victims of gender bias.
Further examination of these bias categories showed the following details:

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In 2015, race was reported for 5,493 known hate crime offenders. Of these offenders:

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48.4 percent were White.
24.3 percent were Black or African American.
9.1 percent were groups made up of individuals of various races (group of multiple races).
1.0 percent (53 offenders) were Asian.
0.9 percent (52 offenders) were American Indian or Alaska Native.
0.1 percent (4 offenders) were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
16.2 percent were unknown.

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Racial/Ethnicity/Ancestry bias (Based on Table 1.)
Among single-bias hate crime incidents in 2015, there were 4,216 victims of race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated hate crime.

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52.2 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders’ anti-Black or African American bias.
18.7 percent were victims of anti-White bias.
9.3 percent were victims of anti-Hispanic or Latino bias.
3.8 percent were victims of bias against a group of individuals in which more than one race was represented (anti-multiple races, group).
3.3 percent were victims of anti-American Indian or Alaska Native bias.
3.2 percent were victims of anti-Asian bias.
1.1 percent were victims of anti-Arab bias.
0.1 percent (6 individuals) were victims of anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander bias.
8.1 percent were victims of anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry bias.

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Of the 1,263 victims targeted due to sexual-orientation bias:

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62.2 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders’ anti-gay (male) bias.
19.6 percent were victims of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (mixed group) bias.
13.5 percent were victims of anti-lesbian bias.
2.8 percent were victims of anti-bisexual bias.
1.9 percent were victims of anti-heterosexual bias.

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