Location Type

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Agencies may specify the location of an offense within a hate crime incident as 1 of 45 location designations. However, not all reporting agencies have made the programming change to allow these additional locations designations; therefore, the data collected to date are not yet representative of all location designations. The location designations of the hate crime incidents reported in 2014 (based on Table 10) were:

• 31.6 percent of hate crime incidents occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 17.8 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 8.6 percent happened at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 6.3 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 3.6 percent occurred in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.

• 2.1 percent took place in restaurants.

• 1.8 percent occurred in government/public buildings.

• 1.6 percent happened in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.3 percent took place in convenience stores.

• 1.3 percent took place in commercial office buildings.

• 1.3 percent took place in drug stores/doctors’ offices/hospitals.

• 1.3 percent occurred at parks/playgrounds.

• 9.6 percent of hate crimes occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 11.9 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Location by bias motivation

Racial bias

Law enforcement reported 2,568 hate crime incidents motivated by racial bias in 2014. Of these:

• 32.2 percent took place in or near residences/homes.

• 19.2 percent occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 9.5 percent happened at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 7.2 percent took place in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 2.3 percent occurred in restaurants.

• 2.2 percent took place in government/public buildings.

• 1.9 percent occurred in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.6 percent took place in drug stores/doctors’ offices/hospitals.

• 1.5 percent occurred at air/bus/train terminals.

• 1.4 percent took place at department/discount stores.

• 1.4 percent occurred at convenience stores.

• 1.4 percent took place at service/gas stations.

• 1.3 percent occurred at parks/playgrounds.

• 8.7 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 8.2 percent occurred in other/unknown locations.

Religious bias

Of the 1,014 reported hate crime incidents that occurred due to a religious bias:

• 24.6 percent happened in or near residences/homes.

• 15.6 percent occurred in churches/synagogues/temples/mosques.

• 9.5 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 9.5 percent transpired at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 3.6 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 1.7 percent took place in commercial office buildings.

• 10.2 percent occurred in the remaining specified location categories.

• 25.4 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Sexual-orientation bias

Law enforcement reported that bias motivation against a particular sexual orientation prompted 1,017 hate crime incidents in 2014. Of these:

• 31.3 percent occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 22.7 percent happened on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 8.0 percent transpired at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 5.8 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 2.5 percent happened in restaurants.

• 2.3 percent took place in bars/nightclubs.

• 1.7 percent took place at parks/playgrounds.

• 13.5 percent occurred in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 12.4 percent took place in other/unknown locations.

Ethnicity bias

Of the 648 hate crime incidents motivated by ethnicity bias as reported by law enforcement in 2014:

• 36.9 percent occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 16.5 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 7.6 percent happened in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 4.8 percent transpired at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 3.2 percent took place in convenience stores.

• 2.5 percent occurred in restaurants.

• 2.0 happened in bars/nightclubs.

• 19.1 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories or in multiple locations.

• 7.4 percent happened in other/unknown locations.

Disability bias

Bias against individuals with a disability (either physical or mental) motivated 84 reported hate crime incidents in 2014. Of these:

• 42.9 percent occurred in or near residences/homes.

• 13.1 percent took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 10.7 percent happened in schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 23.8 percent transpired in the remaining specified location categories.

• 9.5 percent happened in other/unknown locations.

Gender bias

Law enforcement reported 33 gender bias hate crimes in 2014. Of these:

• 42.4 percent happened at residences/homes.

• 18.2 percent happened on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 12.1 percent occurred at schools/colleges (based on 3 designations).

• 27.3 percent occurred in the remaining specified locations.

Gender Identity

During 2014, 98 hate crimes motivated by gender identity were reported. Of these:

• 41.8 percent happened at residences/homes.

• 26.5 percent occurred on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 6.1 percent occurred in parking/drop lots/garages.

• 22.4 percent took place in the remaining specified location categories.

• 3.1 percent occurred at other/unknown locations.

Multiple-bias incidents

Seventeen multiple-bias hate crime incidents were reported in 2014. Of these:

• 7 occurred in or residences/homes.

• 4 took place on highways/roads/alleys/streets/sidewalks.

• 2 happened in elementary/secondary schools.

• 1 happened in a parking/drop lot/garage.

• 1 took place at a restaurant.

• 1 happened at a service/gas station.

• 1 was reported in the other/unknown location category.