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Table 5

Offenses

Known Offender's Race

by Bias Motivation, 2012

Bias motivation Total
offenses
Known offender's race Unknown
offender
White Black American Indian/
Alaskan Native
Asian/
Pacific
Islander
Multiple
races,
group
Unknown
race
Total 6,718 2,793 992 51 40 229 571 2,042
Single-Bias Incidents 6,705 2,786 990 49 40 227 571 2,042
Race: 3,297 1,572 492 37 18 103 274 801
Anti-White 739 209 305 21 3 20 58 123
Anti-Black 2,180 1,206 141 12 10 70 173 568
Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native 109 47 14 3 3 3 13 26
Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander 134 64 18 0 1 2 17 32
Anti-Multiple Races, Group 135 46 14 1 1 8 13 52
Religion: 1,166 245 46 2 7 34 103 729
Anti-Jewish 696 101 20 0 4 20 45 506
Anti-Catholic 79 23 1 1 0 0 9 45
Anti-Protestant 34 10 4 1 0 1 5 13
Anti-Islamic 149 61 10 0 2 8 19 49
Anti-Other Religion 107 31 2 0 0 1 12 61
Anti-Multiple Religions, Group 89 14 8 0 1 3 11 52
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. 12 5 1 0 0 1 2 3
Sexual Orientation: 1,318 506 315 5 9 70 116 297
Anti-Male Homosexual 720 277 193 4 5 53 46 142
Anti-Female Homosexual 162 52 38 0 2 3 14 53
Anti-Homosexual 369 148 73 1 2 11 52 82
Anti-Heterosexual 26 11 5 0 0 0 3 7
Anti-Bisexual 41 18 6 0 0 3 1 13
Ethnicity/National Origin: 822 413 117 4 6 17 71 194
Anti-Hispanic 488 278 67 2 3 9 31 98
Anti-Other Ethnicity/National Origin 334 135 50 2 3 8 40 96
Disability: 102 50 20 1 0 3 7 21
Anti-Physical 20 12 3 0 0 0 1 4
Anti-Mental 82 38 17 1 0 3 6 17
Multiple-Bias Incidents1 13 7 2 2 0 2 0 0
  • 1 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.

Data Declaration

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