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Table 13

WASHINGTON

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 141 50 52 28 1
Cities 118 33 41 21 0
Aberdeen 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17,000
Anacortes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16,097
Bellevue 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 126,022
Bellingham 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 5 1 82,665
Black Diamond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4,279
Bothell 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 34,389
Burien 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 34,310
Cheney 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 10,747
Edmonds 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 40,609
Ellensburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,649
Everett 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 105,318
Federal Way 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 91,978
Ferndale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11,677
Fircrest 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,637
Kennewick 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 76,971
Kent 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 122,102
Kirkland 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 50,243
Lake Forest Park 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12,975
Lakewood 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 59,416
Longview 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 37,032
Lynden 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12,223
Lynnwood 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 36,647
Mercer Island 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 23,381
Mill Creek 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18,661
Monroe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17,665
Mount Vernon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 32,384
Newcastle 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10,692
Oak Harbor 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 22,457
Omak 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4,929
Orting 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6,890
Port Angeles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19,342
Port Townsend 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9,219
Poulsbo 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9,428
Pullman 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30,206
Puyallup 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 37,821
Redmond 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 55,770
Renton 5 1 0 3 0 1 2 3 3 93,722
Seattle 47 13 19 6 0 12 24 32 17 626,865
Sequim 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6,710
Shoreline 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 54,574
Spokane 3 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 212,163
Spokane Valley 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 91,164
Sumner 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9,656
Sunnyside 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16,271
Tacoma 9 1 2 1 0 3 4 2 4 202,646
University Place 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31,820
Vancouver 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 3 166,375
Wapato 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5,123
Yakima 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 93,419
Universities and Colleges 6 10 3 0 0
University of Washington 6 8 2 0 0 3 3 6 4 42,444
Washington State University, Pullman 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 27,329
Metropolitan Counties 15 4 6 5 1
Benton 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Chelan 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Clark 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Cowlitz 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Douglas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
King 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 0
Kitsap 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pend Oreille 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pierce 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
Snohomish 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Stevens 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Thurston 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
Walla Walla 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yakima 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 1
Nonmetropolitan Counties 2 3 1 2 0
Clallam 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mason 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
Pacific 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
Other Agencies 0 0 1 0 0
Port of Seattle 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 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.

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