Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes

Introduction
Incidents
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Introduction

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).

The data for 2023 came from 16,009 law enforcement agencies. The totals show 11,862 hate crime incidents involving 13,829 related offenses were reported, affecting 13,857 victims. Incidents of religious bias represented 24% of the total – 2,699 incidents and 2,967 offenses affecting 3,121 victims. The largest categories of religion included:

Anti-Jewish incidents: 68%
Anti-Islamic incidents: 9%
Anti-Sikh incidents: 5%
Anti-Catholic incidents: 3%

Overall, 14% of all victims are Jews, and 66% of all religious hate crime victims are Jews.

The following table tracks hate crimes by religious bias as reported by U.S. law enforcement agencies since 1996.

Incidents

Year	Anti-Jewish	% Anti-Jewish	Change	Anti-Islamic	% Anti-Islamic	Change	Total Religious
2023	1,832	68%	63%	236	9%	49%	2,699
2022	1,122	55%	37%	158	8%	4%	2,042
2021	817	51%	4%	152	10%	46%	1,590
2020	787	67%	-17%	104	9%	-41%	1,174
2019	953	63%	14%	176	12%	-6%	1,521
2018	835	59%	-11%	188	13%	-31%	1,419
2017	938	60%	37%	273	17%	-11%	1,564
2016	684	54%	-2%	307	24%	19%	1,273
2015	695	51%	14%	257	19%	67%	1,354
2014	609	60%	-3%	154	15%	14%	1,014
2013	625	61%	-7%	135	13%	4%	1,031
2012	674	61%	-13%	130	12%	-17%	1,099
2011	771	63%	-13%	157	13%	-2%	1,233
2010	887	67%	-5%	160	12%	50%	1,322
2009	931	71%	-8%	107	8%	2%	1,303
2008	1,013	67%	5%	105	7%	-9%	1,519
2007	969	69%	0%	115	8%	-26%	1,400
2006	967	66%	14%	156	11%	22%	1,462
2005	848	69%	-11%	128	10%	-18%	1,227
2004	954	69%	3%	156	11%	5%	1,374
2003	927	69%	0%	149	11%	-4%	1,343
2002	931	65%	-11%	155	11%	-68%	1,426
2001	1,043	57%	-6%	481	26%	1618%	1,828
2000	1,109	75%	0%	28	2%	-13%	1,472
1999	1,109	79%	3%	32	2%	52%	1,411
1998	1,081	78%	-1%	21	2%	-25%	1,390
1997	1,087	78%	-2%	28	2%	4%	1,385
1996	1,109	79%		27	2%		1,401

Victims

Year	Anti-Jewish	% Anti-Jewish	Change	Anti-Islamic	% Anti-Islamic	Change	Total Religious
2023	2,069	66%	70%	283	9%	42%	3,121
2022	1,217	60%	40%	200	10%	5%	2,042
2021	869	50%	5%	190	11%	53%	1,746
2020	824	59%	-20%	124	9%	-45%	1,408
2019	1032	60%	12%	227	13%	-4%	1,715
2018	920	57%	-10%	236	15%	-27%	1,617
2017	1,017	58%	18%	325	19%	-16%	1,749
2016	862	54%	18%	388	24%	26%	1,584
2015	731	52%	13%	307	22%	67%	1,402
2014	648	57%	-12%	184	16%	10%	1,140
2013	737	60%	-12%	167	14%	8%	1,223
2012	836	62%	-11%	155	12%	-16%	1,340
2011	936	63%	-10%	185	13%	-6%	1,480
2010	1,040	67%	-8%	197	13%	49%	1,552
2009	1,132	72%	-1%	132	8%	2%	1,575
2008	1,145	66%	2%	130	8%	-8%	1,732
2007	1,127	69%	-1%	142	9%	-32%	1,628
2006	1,144	65%	17%	208	12%	38%	1,750
2005	977	70%	-9%	151	11%	-25%	1,405
2004	1,076	68%	5%	201	13%	15%	1,586
2003	1,025	69%	-5%	175	12%	1%	1,489
2002	1,084	65%	-9%	174	10%	-69%	1,659
2001	1,196	56%	-6%	554	26%	1439%	2,118
2000	1,269	75%	-2%	36	2%	6%	1,699
1999	1,289	76%	4%	34	2%	48%	1,686
1998	1,235	72%	-1%	23	1%	-28%	1,720
1997	1,247	79%	3%	32	2%	-3%	1,586
1996	1,209	79%		33	2%		1,535

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Sources: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“FBI Releases 2022 Crime in the Nation Statistics,” FBI, (October 16, 2023).

Anti-Semitism in the United States: Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes

(1996 - 2023)

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