The report examines the number of hate crimes over time, characteristics of hate crimes, perceived bias motivations for these hate crimes, reporting to police and reasons hate crimes were not reported, and demographic characteristics of victims and offenders. Among the findings: 1) In 2019, there were 1.0 violent hate crime victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older; 2) Hate crime victimizations accounted for 1.6% of all nonfatal victimizations in 2019, up from 0.9% in 2005; 3) During 2015-19, nearly two-thirds of hate crime victimizations were simple assaults; and 4) A bias against the victim’s race, ethnicity, or national origin was the most common motivation for nonfatal violent hate crimes during 2015-19.
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