How many hate crimes are there in the US?

The FBI recorded 11,679 hate crime incidents in 2024, with 14,243 victims and 10,096 known offenders. However, experts estimate the true number is roughly double due to underreporting.

What is the most common type of hate crime?

Race/ethnicity-based hate crimes are the most common, accounting for 50% of all reported incidents. Anti-Black bias is the single largest subcategory with 3,004 incidents.

Who commits hate crimes?

Of 10,096 known offenders in 2024, 52.3% were White, 20.8% were Black, and 17.8% were unknown race. About 21% of offenders were juveniles.

What are the most common religious hate crimes?

Anti-Jewish hate crimes are by far the most common religious bias, with 1,938 incidents in 2024. Anti-Islamic incidents (228) and Anti-Sikh incidents (142) follow.

Hate Crime Statistics 2024

FBI Hate Crime Statistics program data — 11,679 incidents, 13,683 offenses, and 14,243 victims reported in 2024. Hate crimes are criminal offenses motivated by bias against race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, or gender identity.

Key Insights

→11,679 hate crime incidents reported in 2024 with 14,243 victims
→Race/ethnicity bias accounts for 50.2% of all incidents
→Anti-Black hate crimes (3,004) are the single largest category
→Anti-Jewish incidents (1,938) dominate religious bias at 69.6%
→California reported the most incidents (2,365)
→1,784 juvenile offenders identified — 21.3% of known offenders

11,679

Total Incidents

13,683

Total Offenses

14,243

Total Victims

10,096

Known Offenders

5,866

Race/Ethnicity Bias

50.2% of all incidents

2,783

Religion Bias

23.8% of all incidents

1,950

Sexual Orientation Bias

16.7% of all incidents

163

Disability Bias

1.4% of all incidents

Gender Bias

0.8% of all incidents

463

Gender Identity Bias

4.0% of all incidents

Understanding Hate Crime Data

The FBI collects hate crime data voluntarily from law enforcement agencies nationwide. Important caveats:

Underreporting is massive. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that only about half of hate crimes are reported to police, and many agencies don't participate in the FBI program at all.
State variations reflect reporting, not just incidence. States with more agencies reporting (like California and New York) appear to have more hate crimes partly because they're better at counting them.
Anti-Black bias is consistently the largest single category of race-based hate crime, with 3,004 incidents in 2024.
Antisemitic incidents are the largest category of religious hate crime (1,938 incidents), despite Jewish Americans being approximately 2% of the population.
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes totaled 1,950 incidents based on sexual orientation, plus 463 based on gender identity.

Year-over-Year Context

Key Trends in 2024

• 11,679 total hate crime incidents reported
• Race/ethnicity bias remains the top motivator (50%)
• Anti-Jewish incidents (1,938) remain the top religious bias
• Anti-Hispanic incidents reached 797

Historical Perspective

• Hate crime reporting has expanded significantly since 2020
• More agencies participating in the FBI program
• Anti-Asian hate crimes surged post-COVID, now at 379
• Gender identity bias tracking expanded in recent years

Complete Bias Motivation Breakdown

All 43 bias motivation categories reported by the FBI in 2024, organized by bias type. Each row shows the number of incidents, offenses, victims, and known offenders.

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Black or African American	3,004	3,552	3,672	2,684
Anti-White	815	977	1,017	806
Anti-Hispanic or Latino	797	1,050	1,091	851
Anti-Asian	379	451	486	377
Anti-Arab	137	159	168	125
Anti-American Indian or Alaska Native	116	131	137	108
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	29	29	27
Anti-Multiple Races, Group	162	191	207	108
Anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	427	503	516	381

Religious Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Jewish	1,938	2,137	2,237	1,043
Anti-Islamic (Muslim)	228	288	301	187
Anti-Sikh	142	151	153	117
Anti-Other Christian	71	82	84	56
Anti-Catholic	55	60	60	42
Anti-Protestant	46	51	52	36
Anti-Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Greek, Other)	46	48	57	35
Anti-Multiple Religions, Group	55	59	60	37
Anti-Other Religion	104	114	122	76
Anti-Buddhist	26	29	30	26
Anti-Hindu	25	26	27	16
Anti-Church of Jesus Christ3	22	26	26	13
Anti-Jehovah's Witness	12	12	13	12
Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.	13	13	13	15

Sexual Orientation Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Gay (Male)	1,010	1,181	1,217	1,145
Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender (Mixed Group)	728	844	890	590
Anti-Lesbian	152	185	195	137
Anti-Bisexual	37	45	46	46
Anti-Heterosexual	23	23	25	15

Disability Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Physical	67	72	80	67
Anti-Mental	96	99	102	109

Gender Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Female	78	95	95	75
Anti-Male	20	24	24	18

Gender Identity Bias

Bias Motivation	Incidents	Offenses	Victims	Known Offenders
Anti-Transgender	335	382	388	314
Anti-Gender Non-Conforming	128	145	148	101

Offender Demographics

Of the 11,679 hate crime incidents in 2024, 10,096 known offenders were identified. Demographics are only available for known offenders — many cases have unidentified perpetrators.

Offender Race

Race	Count	%
White	5,281	52.3%
Black	2,103	20.8%
American Indian/Alaska Native	73	0.7%
Asian	174	1.7%
Pacific Islander	33	0.3%
Multiple Races (Group)	635	6.3%
Unknown	1,797	17.8%

White offenders account for the majority (52.3%) of known hate crime offenders.17.8% of offenders have unknown race.

Offender Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Count
Hispanic or Latino	788
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,800
Multiple Ethnicities (Group)	788
Unknown	2,473

Offender Age

8,385

Total Known

6,601

Adults (79%)

1,784

Juveniles (21%)

1,784 juvenile offenders (21.3%) were identified — a significant portion suggesting hate crime education and prevention in schools is critical.

Key Demographic Findings

Offender Profile

• Majority of known offenders are White (52.3%)
• Black offenders account for 20.8%
• 788 identified as Hispanic or Latino
• Nearly 1 in 5 offenders (21%) are juveniles

Victim Disproportion

• Anti-Black incidents (3,004) are 3.7× Anti-White incidents
• Anti-Jewish incidents far exceed all other religious biases combined
• Anti-Gay (Male) incidents (1,010) dominate sexual orientation bias
• Anti-Transgender (335) is the top gender identity bias

Hate Crimes by State

#	State	Total	Race/Ethnicity	Religion	Sexual Orient.
1	California	2,365	1	0	510
2	New Jersey	1,325	0	0	11
3	New York	1,048	1	0	88
4	Washington	578	0	1	73
5	Michigan	563	0	3	90
6	Massachusetts	539	0	0	79
7	Texas	515	1	0	63
8	Illinois	443	0	1	14
9	Ohio	408	0	2	32
10	Oregon	402	0	0	80
11	Virginia	377	0	1	22
12	Maryland	342	0	0	42
13	North Carolina	326	0	2	28
14	Colorado	325	0	0	72
15	Pennsylvania	306	0	0	32
16	Missouri	285	0	0	21
17	Arizona	278	0	4	48
18	Minnesota	269	0	0	39
19	Florida	225	0	0	32
20	District of Columbia	196	0	0	29
21	Nevada	185	0	1	21
22	Alabama	184	1	0	11
23	Kentucky	184	0	0	5
24	Indiana	164	0	0	12
25	South Carolina	138	0	0	13
26	Connecticut	137	0	0	5
27	Wisconsin	134	0	0	12
28	Kansas	122	0	0	10
29	Georgia	113	0	0	25
30	Tennessee	104	0	1	9
31	Oklahoma	102	0	0	9
32	Louisiana	93	0	0	24
33	Utah	93	2	1	6
34	Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Offices	82	1	1	8
35	Idaho	77	0	1	5
36	Iowa	74	0	0	6
37	West Virginia	69	0	1	7
38	Maine	58	0	0	0
39	New Mexico	53	0	0	6
40	Nebraska	51	0	0	5
41	Hawaii	47	0	0	7
42	Vermont	38	0	1	9
43	Alaska	35	0	0	7
44	New Hampshire	33	0	0	1
45	South Dakota	29	0	0	3
46	Wyoming	28	0	0	1
47	Rhode Island	24	0	0	1
48	North Dakota	23	0	0	4
49	Delaware	20	0	0	0
50	Arkansas	16	0	0	2
51	Montana	13	0	0	4

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Source: FBI Hate Crime Statistics program, 2024. Not all agencies participate; numbers may undercount actual incidents.

Data last updated: March 2026 · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer