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Table 13

VIRGINIA

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 79 24 26 5 0
Cities 32 4 13 2 0
Blacksburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43,070
Blackstone 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3,656
Chesapeake 8 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 1 227,531
Christiansburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21,262
Colonial Heights 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17,632
Emporia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5,936
Front Royal 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14,718
Galax 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7,060
Harrisonburg 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 50,524
Herndon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23,966
Lynchburg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 77,347
Manassas 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 39,733
Newport News 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 181,591
Norfolk 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 245,303
Portsmouth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 96,739
Radford 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16,595
Richmond 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 207,799
Roanoke 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 97,780
Virginia Beach 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 447,588
Waynesboro 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 21,546
Universities and Colleges 3 1 4 0 0
George Mason University 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 33,320
Old Dominion University 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 24,753
Radford University 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9,370
University of Virginia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 24,297
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30,936
Metropolitan Counties 41 18 9 2 0
Albemarle County Police Department 7 3 1 0 0 0 5 4 2
Amherst 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Arlington County Police Department 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Augusta 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Campbell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chesterfield County Police Department 6 2 0 1 0 2 2 4 1
Fairfax County Police Department 6 7 4 0 0 6 7 3 1
Gloucester 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Henrico County Police Department 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
James City County Police Department 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Loudoun 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
New Kent 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Prince George County Police Department 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roanoke County Police Department 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Spotsylvania 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Stafford 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0
York 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Nonmetropolitan Counties 3 1 0 1 0
Accomack 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Essex 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Prince Edward 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Richmond 0 1 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.
  • 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.

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