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HATE CRIME - 1995

Preliminary figures show 7,947 hate crime incidents were reported to the FBI during 1995. The incidents were reported by more than 9,500 law enforcement agencies in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Participating agencies covered 75 percent of the U.S. population.

Tabular Reports of Incidents, Offenses, Victims and Offenders

  • State Agencies
  • Bias Motivation
  • Offense Category
  • Race


    • Table 1. - Agency Hate Crime Reporting by State, 1995
    Participating
    States    		 Number of Participating Agencies Population Covered Agencies Submitting Incidents Total Incidents Reported
    Alaska 1 253,500 1 8
             
    Arizona 87 4,095,027 25 220
    Arkansas 190 2,476,091 5 7
    California 744 31,575,724 215 1,751
    Colorado 228 3,740,318 34 149
    Connecticut 94 2,686,092 44 87
    Delaware 51 716,612 8 45
    District of Columbia 1 554,000 1 4
    Florida 411 14,214,968 60 164
    Georgia 3 404,337 3 49
    Idaho 116 1,154,533 26 114
    Illinois 1 2,749,811 1 146
    Indiana 164 3,234,261 14 35
    Iowa 232 2,832,372 14 29
    Kentucky 513 3,839,698 25 81
    Louisiana 146 2,681,595 5 7
    Maine 130 1,234,660 14 75
    Maryland 148 5,041,200 41 353
    Massachusetts 202 4,563,851 88 333
    Michigan 480 7,471,391 132 405
    Minnesota 66 2,222,490 66 285
    Mississippi 51 619,465 3 6
    Missouri 157 3,440,651 14 135
    Montana 6 146,201 4 11
    Nevada 35 1,528,846 3 68
    New Hampshire 2 80,401 1 24
    New Jersey 568 7,948,721 243 768
    New Mexico 70 1,213,889 7 24
    New York 520 17,607,895 50 845
    North Carolina 59 2,319,608 24 52
    North Dakota 74 495,888 3 3
    Ohio 321 7,531,175 51 267
    Oklahoma 7 924,403 5 37
    Oregon 243 3,129,911 25 152
    Pennsylvania 1,134 11,842,573 38 282
    Rhode Island 45 990,000 8 46
    South Carolina 293 3,666,417 15 26
    South Dakota 38 301,872 3 5
    Tennessee 104 1,401,961 12 25
    Texas 914 18,659,819 96 326
    Utah 116 1,908,800 28 107
    Vermont 19 309,236 8 10
    Virginia 175 3,330,876 22 51
    Washington 229 5,292,420 54 266
    Wisconsin 337 5,120,215 18 45
    Wyoming 59 457,505 3 19
    Total 9,584 198,011,279 1,560 7,947

    Table 2. - Number of Incidents, Offenses, Victims, and Offenders by Bias Motivation, 1995
    Bias Motivation Incidents Offenses Victims Known Offenders
    Race 4,831 6,170 6,438 5,751
    Anti-White 1,226 1,511 1,554 2,032
    Anti-Black 2,988 3,805 3,945 3,099
    Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native 41 59 59 38
    Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander 355 484 496 380
    Anti-Multi-Racial Group 221 311 384 202
    Ethnicity/National Origin 814 1,022 1,044 958
    Anti-Hispanic 516 680 698 685
    Anti-Other Ethnicity/ National Origin 298 342 346 273
    Religion 1,277 1,414 1,617 437
    Anti-Jewish 1,058 1,145 1,236 350
    Anti-Catholic 31 35 53 8
    Anti-Protestant 36 47 65 12
    Anti-Islamic 29 39 41 26
    Anti-Other Religious Group 102 122 196 36
    Anti-Multi-Religious Group 20 25 25 4
    Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. 1 1 1 1
    Sexual Orientation 1,019 1,266 1,347 1,273
    Anti-Male Homosexual 735 915 937 1,031
    Anti-Female Homosexual 146 189 191 131
    Anti-Homosexual 103 125 182 80
    Anti-Heterosexual 17 19 19 13
    Anti-Bisexual 18 18 18 18
    Multiple Bias 6 23 23 14
    Total 7,947 9,895 10,469 8,433

    Sixty-one percent of the incidents were motivated by racial bias; 16 percent by religious bias; 13 percent by sexual-orientation bias; and 10 percent by ethnicity/national origin bias. The 7,947 incidents involved 9,895 separate offenses, 10,469 victims, and 8,433 known offenders.

    Crimes against persons accounted for 72 percent of hate crime offenses reported. Intimidation was the single most frequently reported hate crime offense, accounting for 41 percent of the total. Damage/destruction/vandalism of property constituted 23 percent; simple assault, 18 percent; and aggravated assault, 13 percent. Twenty persons were murdered in hate-motivated incidents. (See Table 3.)

    As in previous years, hate crimes in 1995 were most frequently directed at individuals. Individuals comprised 83 percent of all reported bias crime victims for the year. Businesses, religious organizations, and varied other targets comprised the remaining 17 percent.


    Table 3. - Number of Offenses, Victims, and Offenders by Offense Category, 1995
    Offenses Victims Known Offenders1  
    Crimes against Persons 7,144 7,144 7,708  
    Murder 20 20 26  
    Forcible Rape 12 12 12  
    Aggravated Assault 1,268 1,268 2,045  
    Simple Assault 1,796 1,796 2,537  
    Intimidation 4,048 4,048 3,088  
    Crimes against Property 2,725 3,299 1,524  
    Robbery 194 225 447
    Burglary 96 131 57  
    Larceny-theft 53 53 39  
    Motor Vehicle Theft 5 5 3  
    Arson 62 81 40  
    Destruction/Damage/Vandalism 2,315 2,804 938  
    Other2 26 26 39  

    1 Will not add to total number of offenders in Tables 2 and 4 because some are connected to more than one offense.

    2 Includes offenses other than those listed that are collected in the National Incident-Based Reporting System.


    Table 4. - Number of Known Offenders by Race, 1995
    Suspected Offender's Race Number of Known Offenders
    Total 8,433
    White 4,991
    Black 2,253
    American Indian/Alaskan Native 45
    Asian/Pacific Islander 211
    Multi-Racial Group 318
    Unknown 615

    Law enforcement agencies reported the number of known offenders for 62 percent of hate crimes coming to their attention in 1995. Among the 8,433 known offenders reported to be associated with hate crime incidents, 59 percent were white, and 27 percent were black. The remaining offenders were of other or multi-racial groups.



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