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Table 13

ILLINOIS

Hate Crime Incidents

per Bias Motivation and Quarter

by Agency, 2012

Agency type Agency name Number of incidents per bias motivation Number of incidents per quarter1 Population2
Race Religion Sexual
orientation 		Ethnicity Disability 1st
quarter 		2nd
quarter 		3rd
quarter 		4th
quarter
Total 48 6 19 11 0
Cities 38 6 18 9 0
Algonquin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30,159
Altamont 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2,323
Aurora 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 199,765
Beardstown 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,099
Bellwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19,165
Bloomington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 77,107
Canton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14,673
Carpentersville 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 38,080
Centralia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13,027
Chicago 3 1 8 2 0 3 3 4 4 2,708,382
Crest Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20,953
Crystal Lake 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 40,785
Danville 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 32,997
Decatur 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 76,131
De Kalb 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43,722
Des Plaines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 58,644
Downers Grove 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 48,185
Evanston 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 74,820
Fairbury 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3,751
Joliet 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 148,471
La Grange 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15,624
Monmouth 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9,504
Normal 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 52,797
North Riverside 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6,702
Oak Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28,097
Olney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,125
Peoria 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 115,288
Plainfield 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 39,859
Quincy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 40,684
Rockford 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 152,293
Rolling Meadows 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 24,216
Skokie 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 65,096
Springfield 7 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 117,131
Summit 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11,109
Tinley Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56,992
Urbana 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 41,537
West Frankfort 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8,196
Wheeling 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 37,830
Winnetka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12,247
Wood River 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10,630
Universities and Colleges 3 0 0 0 0
Black Hawk College, Kewannee3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Western Illinois University 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12,554
Metropolitan Counties 6 0 1 2 0
Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Du Page 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Madison 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Peoria 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Sangamon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Will 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nonmetropolitan Counties 1 0 0 0 0
La Salle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  • 1 Agencies published in this table indicated that at least one hate crime incident occurred in their respective jurisdictions during the quarter(s) for which they submitted a report to the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Blanks indicate quarters for which agencies did not submit reports.
  • 2 Population figures are published only for the cities. The figures listed for the universities and colleges are student enrollment and were provided by the United States Department of Education for the 2011 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 3 Student enrollment figures were not available.

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