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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

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

% 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

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

% 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).