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Table 4

Offenses

Offense Type

by Bias Motivation, 2012

Bias motivation Total
offenses 		Crimes against persons Crimes against property Crimes
against
society1
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter 		Forcible
rape 		Aggravated
assault 		Simple
assault 		Intimidation Other1 Robbery Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft 		Arson Destruction/
damage/
vandalism 		Other1
Total 6,718 10 15 854 1,570 1,489 30 126 142 258 23 38 1,906 54 203
Single-Bias Incidents 6,705 10 15 853 1,564 1,487 30 126 141 258 23 37 1,904 54 203
Race: 3,297 1 4 448 754 829 10 50 69 136 13 14 787 25 157
Anti-White 739 1 1 95 199 121 6 23 29 85 10 3 94 20 52
Anti-Black 2,180 0 0 317 481 635 1 20 28 22 2 8 574 0 92
Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native 109 0 3 10 22 8 3 3 6 21 1 0 18 4 10
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander 134 0 0 18 29 33 0 3 3 6 0 3 38 1 0
Anti-Multiple Races, Group 135 0 0 8 23 32 0 1 3 2 0 0 63 0 3
Religion: 1,166 8 0 44 128 158 3 4 18 64 4 14 692 14 15
Anti-Jewish 696 0 0 11 72 87 1 2 10 17 1 2 486 5 2
Anti-Catholic 79 0 0 10 4 7 1 0 0 11 0 2 38 3 3
Anti-Protestant 34 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9 1 2 16 1 1
Anti-Islamic 149 2 0 14 41 43 1 0 1 4 0 4 39 0 0
Anti-Other Religion 107 6 0 8 4 16 0 0 2 2 1 2 63 1 2
Anti-Multiple Religions, Group 89 0 0 1 4 4 0 1 3 18 0 2 48 4 4
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 3
Sexual Orientation: 1,318 1 10 211 453 262 11 50 23 24 3 6 249 5 10
Anti-Male Homosexual 720 1 4 114 285 141 4 39 8 5 1 4 112 2 0
Anti-Female Homosexual 162 0 4 14 45 43 1 1 2 5 2 0 43 0 2
Anti-Homosexual 369 0 1 75 111 70 0 10 8 6 0 1 84 1 2
Anti-Heterosexual 26 0 0 1 3 3 6 0 1 2 0 1 6 1 2
Anti-Bisexual 41 0 1 7 9 5 0 0 4 6 0 0 4 1 4
Ethnicity/National Origin: 822 0 1 131 196 230 5 21 28 21 2 3 165 4 15
Anti-Hispanic 488 0 1 89 127 127 3 16 15 13 2 1 81 2 11
Anti-Other Ethnicity/National Origin 334 0 0 42 69 103 2 5 13 8 0 2 84 2 4
Disability: 102 0 0 19 33 8 1 1 3 13 1 0 11 6 6
Anti-Physical 20 0 0 4 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Anti-Mental 82 0 0 15 24 5 1 1 3 12 0 0 11 5 5
Multiple-Bias Incidents2 13 0 0 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
  • 1 Includes additional offenses collected in the National Incident-Based Reporting System. See Methodology.
  • 2 In a multiple-bias incident, two conditions must be met: (a) more than one offense type must occur in the incident and (b) at least two offense types must be motivated by different biases.

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