Anti-Semitism in the United States: Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes
(1996 - 2022)
The following data about anti-Jewish and religiously-biased hate crimes in the United States has been excerpted from the annual Report on Hate Crimes released by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
To read the full Hate Crime Reports, archived from 1996, click here.
The data for 2022 came from 14,631 law enforcement agencies. The totals show 11,634 criminal incidents and 13,337 related offenses were reported affecting 13,278 victims. Incidents of religious bias represented 18% of the total – 2,042 incidents and 2,199 offenses affecting 2,293 victims. The largest categories of religion included:
- Anti-Jewish incidents: 55%
- Anti-Sikh incidents: 9%
- Anti-Islamic incidents: 8%
- Anti-Catholic incidents: 5%
Overall, 7% of all victims are Jews.
The following table tracks hate crimes by religious bias as reported by U.S. law enforcement agencies since 1996.
Year
|
Incidents |
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Anti-Jewish | Change | Anti-Islamic | Change | Total Religious | Total Change | % Change | |
2022 | 1,122 | 305 | 158 | 6 | 2,042 | 452 | 28% |
2021 | 817 | 30 | 152 | 48 | 1,590 | 416 | 35% |
2020 | 787 | -166 | 104 | -72 | 1,174 | -347 | -23% |
2019 | 953 | 118 | 176 | -12 | 1,521 | 102 | 7% |
2018
|
835 | -103 | 188 | -85 | 1,419 | -145 | -9% |
2017
|
938 | 254 | 273 | -34 | 1,564 | 291 | 23% |
2016
|
684 | -11 | 307 | 50 | 1,273 | -81 | -6% |
2015
|
695 | 86 | 257 | 103 | 1,354 | 340 | 34% |
2014
|
609 | -16 | 154 | 19 | 1,014 | -17 | -2% |
2013
|
625 | -49 | 135 | 5 | 1,031 | -68 | -6% |
2012
|
674 | -97 | 130 | -27 | 1,099 | -134 | -11% |
2011
|
771 | -116 | 157 | -3 | 1,233 | -89 | -7% |
2010
|
887 | -44 | 160 | 53 | 1,322 | 19 | 1% |
2009
|
931 | -82 | 107 | 2 | 1,303 | -216 | -14% |
2008
|
1,013 | 44 | 105 | -10 | 1,519 | 119 | 9% |
2007
|
969 | 2 | 115 | -41 | 1,400 | -62 | -4% |
2006
|
967 | 119 | 156 | 28 | 1,462 | 235 | 19% |
2005
|
848 | -106 | 128 | -28 | 1,227 | -147 | -11% |
2004
|
954 | 27 | 156 | 7 | 1,374 | 31 | 2% |
2003
|
927 | -4 | 149 | -6 | 1,343 | -83 | -6% |
2002
|
931 | -112 | 155 | -326 | 1,426 | -402 | -22% |
2001
|
1,043 | -66 | 481 | 453 | 1,828 | 356 | 24% |
2000
|
1,109 | 0 | 28 | -4 | 1,472 | 61 | 4% |
1999
|
1,109 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 1,411 | 21 | 2% |
1998
|
1,081 | -6 | 21 | -7 | 1,390 | 5 | 0% |
1997
|
1,087 | -22 | 28 | 1 | 1,385 | -16 | -1% |
1996
|
1,109 | 27 | 1,401 |
Year |
Incidents |
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% Anti-Jewish | Change | % Anti-Islamic | Change | |
2022 | 55% | 4% | 8% | -2% |
2021 | 51% | -16% | 10% | 1% |
2020 | 67% | 4% | 9% | -3% |
2019 | 63% | 4% | 12% | -2% |
2018 | 59% | -1% | 13% | -4% |
2017 | 60% | 6% | 17% | -7% |
2016 | 54% | 2% | 24% | 5% |
2015 | 51% | -9% | 19% | 4% |
2014 | 60% | -1% | 15% | 2% |
2013 | 61% | -1% | 13% | 1% |
2012 | 61% | -1% | 12% | -1% |
2011 | 63% | -5% | 13% | 1% |
2010 | 67% | -4% | 12% | 4% |
2009 | 71% | 5% | 8% | 1% |
2008 | 67% | -3% | 7% | -1% |
2007 | 69% | 3% | 8% | -2% |
2006 | 66% | -3% | 11% | 0% |
2005 | 69% | 0% | 10% | -1% |
2004 | 69% | 0% | 11% | 0% |
2003 | 69% | 4% | 11% | 0% |
2002 | 65% | 8% | 11% | -15% |
2001 | 57% | -18% | 26% | 24% |
2000 | 75% | -3% | 2% | 0% |
1999 | 79% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
1998 | 78% | -1% | 2% | -1% |
1997 | 78% | -1% | 2% | 0% |
1996 | 79% | 2% |
Year |
Victims |
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Anti-Jewish | Change | Anti-Islamic | Change | Total Religious | Total Change | % Change | |
2022 | 1,217 | 348 | 200 | 10 | 2,042 | 296 | 17% |
2021 | 869 | 45 | 190 | 66 | 1,746 | 338 | 24% |
2020 | 824 | -208 | 124 | -103 | 1,408 | -307 | -18% |
2019 | 1032 | 112 | 227 | -9 | 1,715 | 98 | 6% |
2018 | 920 | -97 | 236 | -89 | 1,617 | -132 | -8% |
2017 | 1,017 | 155 | 325 | -63 | 1,749 | 165 | 10% |
2016
|
862 | 131 | 388 | 81 | 1,584 | 182 | 13% |
2015
|
731 | 83 | 307 | 123 | 1,402 | 262 | 23% |
2014
|
648 | -89 | 184 | 17 | 1,140 | -83 | -7% |
2013
|
737 | -99 | 167 | 12 | 1,223 | -117 | -9% |
2012
|
836 | -100 | 155 | -30 | 1,340 | -140 | -9% |
2011
|
936 | -104 | 185 | -12 | 1,480 | -72 | -5% |
2010
|
1,040 | -92 | 197 | 65 | 1,552 | -23 | -1% |
2009
|
1,132 | -13 | 132 | 2 | 1,575 | -157 | -9% |
2008
|
1,145 | 18 | 130 | -12 | 1,732 | 104 | 6% |
2007
|
1,127 | -17 | 142 | -66 | 1,628 | -122 | -7% |
2006
|
1,144 | 167 | 208 | 57 | 1,750 | 345 | 25% |
2005
|
977 | -99 | 151 | -50 | 1,405 | -181 | -11% |
2004
|
1,076 | 51 | 201 | 26 | 1,586 | 97 | 7% |
2003
|
1,025 | -59 | 175 | 1 | 1,489 | -170 | -10% |
2002
|
1,084 | -112 | 174 | -380 | 1,659 | -459 | -22% |
2001
|
1,196 | -73 | 554 | 518 | 2,118 | 419 | 25% |
2000
|
1,269 | -20 | 36 | 2 | 1,699 | 13 | 1% |
1999
|
1,289 | 54 | 34 | 11 | 1,686 | -34 | -2% |
1998
|
1,235 | -12 | 23 | -9 | 1,720 | 134 | 8% |
1997
|
1,247 | 38 | 32 | -1 | 1,586 | 51 | 3% |
1996
|
1,209 | 33 | 1,535 |
* The term victim may refer to a person, business, institution, or society as a whole.
Year |
Victims |
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% Anti-Jewish | Change | % Anti-Islamic | Change | |
2022 | 60% | 10% | 19% | 26% |
2021 | 50% | -9% | -7% | -16% |
2020 | 59% | -2% | 9% | -4% |
2019 | 60% | 3% | 13% | -1% |
2018 | 57% | -1% | 15% | -4% |
2017 | 58% | 4% | 19% | -6% |
2016 | 54% | 2% | 24% | 3% |
2015 | 52% | -5% | 22% | 6% |
2014 | 57% | -3% | 16% | 2% |
2013 | 60% | -2% | 14% | 2% |
2012 | 62% | -1% | 12% | -1% |
2011 | 63% | -4% | 13% | 0% |
2010 | 67% | -5% | 13% | 4% |
2009 | 72% | 6% | 8% | 1% |
2008 | 66% | -3% | 8% | -1% |
2007 | 69% | 4% | 9% | -3% |
2006 | 65% | -4% | 12% | 1% |
2005 | 70% | 2% | 11% | -2% |
2004 | 68% | -1% | 13% | 1% |
2003 | 69% | 3% | 12% | 1% |
2002 | 65% | 9% | 10% | -16% |
2001 | 56% | -18% | 26% | 24% |
2000 | 75% | -2% | 2% | 0% |
1999 | 76% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
1998 | 72% | -7% | 1% | -1% |
1997 | 79% | 0% | 2% | 0% |
1996 | 79% | 2% |
Full Hate Crime Reports
Sources: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“FBI Releases 2022 Crime in the Nation Statistics,” FBI, (October 16, 2023).