FBI - Uniform Crime Reports - Hate Crime Statistics 1995
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division
Uniform Crime Reports
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
ual Orientation
1,019
1,266
1,347
1,273
Anti-Male Homoual
735
915
937
1,031
Anti-Female Homoual
146
189
191
131
Anti-Homoual
103
125
182
80
Anti-Heteroual
17
19
19
13
Anti-Biual
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 ual-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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