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The Role of the
Criminal Justice Statistics Center
is to:

 Collect, analyze, and report statistical data that


provide valid measures of crime and the criminal
justice process.

 Examine these data on an ongoing basis to better


describe crime and the criminal justice system.

 Promote the responsible presentation and use of


crime statistics.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Rob Bonta, Attorney General

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Executive Summary
Hate Crime in California
2022
Hate Crime in California 2022 presents statistics on hate crimes reported by California law enforcement
agencies that occurred during 2022 with prior years included for context. These statistics include the
reported number of hate crime events 1, hate crime offenses 2, victims of hate crimes, and suspects
of hate crimes. This report also provides statistics reported by district and elected city attorneys on
the number of hate crime cases referred to prosecutors, the number of cases filed in court, and the
disposition of those cases. For the purposes of this report, a hate crime refers to a criminal offense
against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race,
religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity. The total number of hate
crime events, offenses, victims, and suspects increased in 2022 over 2021.

The following statements highlight the major trends in Hate Crime in California for 2022.

Crime Data
The amount of hate crime events has gone up and down over the last decade. In the last 10 years,
hate crime events have increased by 145.7 percent (Table 11). The lowest year for reported hate crime
events was 2014 with 758 events (Table 11).

Reported hate crime events increased 20.2 percent from 1,763 in 2021 to 2,120 in 2022. (Table 11)

Reported hate crime offenses increased 16.6 percent from 2,221 in 2021 to 2,589 in 2022. (Table 12)

The number of victims of reported hate crimes increased 13.5 percent from 2,180 in 2021 to 2,474 in
2022. (Table 15)

The number of suspects of reported hate crimes increased 22.8 percent from 1,654 in 2021 to 2,031 in
2022. (Table 15)

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The term event is defined as an occurrence where a hate crime is involved. (In this report, the information about the event is a crime report or source document that meets
the criteria for a hate crime.) There may be one or more suspects involved, one or more victims targeted, and one or more offenses involved for each event.
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The term offense is defined as criminal acts that are recorded as follows: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, simple
assault, fondling, kidnapping/abduction, intimidation, destruction/vandalism, false pretense/swindle, hacking/computer invasion, and weapons law violation as defined by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program and in their national Hate Crimes Statistics Report.

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Reported hate crime events involving a racial bias overall increased 11.4 percent from 1,165 in 2021 to
1,298 in 2022. (Table 11)
• Anti-black or African American bias events rose from 513 in 2021 to 652 in 2022, an increase of 27.1
percent.
• Anti-other ethnicity/national origin events rose from 55 in 2021 to 96 in 2022, an increase of 74.5
percent.
• Anti-Asian bias events fell from 247 in 2021 to 140 in 2022, a decrease of 43.3 percent.

Reported hate crime events involving a religion bias increased 39 percent from 218 in 2021 to 303 in
2022. (Table 11)
• Anti-Jewish bias events rose from 152 in 2021 to 189 in 2022, an increase of 24.3 percent.
• Anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias events rose from 18 in 2021 to 26 in 2022.
• Anti-Protestant bias events rose from 2 in 2021 to 12 in 2022.

Reported hate crime events involving a sexual orientation bias increased 29 percent from 303 in 2021
to 391 in 2022. (Table 11)
• Anti-gay (male) bias events rose from 211 in 2021 to 271 in 2022, an increase of 28.4 percent.
• Anti-homosexual bias events rose from 61 in 2021 to 81 in 2022, an increase of 32.8 percent.

Reported hate crime events involving a gender bias increased from 54 in 2021 to 84 in 2022, an
increase of 55.6 percent. (Table 11)
• Anti-transgender bias events rose from 38 in 2021 to 59 in 2022.
• Anti-gender non-conforming events rose from 7 in 2021 to 12 in 2022.

Reported hate crime offenses increased 16.6 percent from 2,221 in 2021 to 2,589 in 2022. (Table 13)
• Violent crime offenses increased 11.6 percent from 1,604 in 2021 to 1,790 in 2022. (Table 13)
• Property crime offenses increased 26.7 percent from 599 in 2021 to 759 in 2022. (Table 13)

Prosecutorial Data
The number of hate crimes referred for prosecution increased 5.9 percent form 611 in 2021 to 647
in 2022. Of the 647 hate crimes that were referred for prosecution, 456 cases were filed by district
attorneys and elected city attorneys for prosecution. Of the 456 cases that were filed for prosecution,
282 were filed as hate crimes and 174 were filed as non-bias motivated crimes. (Table 7A)

Of the 122 cases with a disposition available for this report:


• 43.4 percent (53) were hate crime convictions;
• 45.9 percent (56) were other convictions; and
• 10.7 percent (13) were not convicted. (Table 7B)

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Understanding the Data
Characteristics and Known Limitations

Crime Data
Local law enforcement agencies are required to report hate crimes to the Department of Justice
(DOJ) in compliance with California Penal Code section 13023. California Penal Code section 422.55
defines a hate crime as “a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of one or more of the
following actual or perceived characteristics of the victim: (1) Disability, (2) Gender, (3) Nationality,
(4) Race or ethnicity, (5) Religion, (6) Sexual orientation, (7) Association with a person or group with
one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.”

The following information and limitations should be considered when using hate crime data:

1) A hate crime event contains the occurrence of one or more criminal offenses, committed against
one or more victims, by one or more suspects or perpetrators. Victims can have more than one
offense committed against them.

2) Hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies are counted in a specific way. In each hate
crime event, the DOJ counts the total number of victims, the total number of suspects, and the
total number of criminal offenses in one event. These totals are then classified and counted by
type of bias motivation (e.g., anti-black or African American, anti-Hispanic or Latino, anti-Jewish,
anti-gay, etc.), type of crime (e.g., murder, aggravated assault, burglary, destruction/vandalism,
etc.), the location where the crime took place (e.g., residence, street, synagogue, school, etc.),
and the type of victim (e.g., individual, property, etc.).

3) The DOJ requested that each law enforcement agency establish procedures incorporating a two-
tier review (decision-making) process. The first level is done by the initial officer who responds
to the suspected hate crime incident. At the second level, each report is reviewed by at least one
other officer to confirm that the event was, in fact, a hate crime.

4) Caution should be used when making jurisdictional comparisons. The following factors should
be considered: demographic diversity and population density; size of law enforcement agencies;
and the training received in the identification of hate crimes by law enforcement officers in each
jurisdiction.

5) The following factors may influence the volume of hate crimes reported to the DOJ:
• Cultural practices of individuals and their likeliness to report hate crimes to law enforcement
agencies.
• Strength and investigative emphasis of law enforcement agencies.
• Policies of law enforcement agencies.
• Community policing policies.

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6) In 2011, the DOJ expanded the acceptable location codes for the California hate crime data
collection system to reflect modifications implemented at the national level.

In 2013, the DOJ expanded the gender bias for the California hate crime data collection system
to include gender non-conforming in order to reflect modifications implemented at the national
level.

In 2014, the DOJ expanded the religion bias for the California hate crime data collection system to
include Sikh in order to reflect modifications implemented at the national level.

In 2015, the DOJ expanded the race and ethnicity bias for the California hate crime data
collection system to include Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander in order to reflect modifications
implemented at the national level.

7) In 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program
revised the definition of “forcible rape” (the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her
will) to “rape,” which is now defined as “penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus
with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the
consent of the victim.” The California DOJ implemented this definition change in January 2014.

8) In 2016, the FBI Director informed all state Statistical Analysis Centers that the FBI UCR program
would be transitioning to a National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) only data collection
by January 1, 2021. The California DOJ embarked on a five-year effort to develop and implement
a new state repository, the California Incident Based Reporting System (CIBRS) to house the
new FBI statistical reporting format. The CIBRS repository is a combination of the federal
NIBRS requirements with additional California specific data elements. The California DOJ began
collecting data in CIBRS in 2021.

The data represented in this 2022 publication are a combination of both the summary incident and
incident based reporting (IBR) formats. Hate Crime data were already reported at the incident
level prior to the implementation of IBR. The changes reflected in this year’s publication as a result
of the implementation of IBR impact the following areas: victim types and offenses. IBR expands
the values associated with these two areas allowing for a more complete and descriptive picture
of hate crime occurring in California.

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County District Attorney and
Elected City Attorney Prosecutorial Data
The following information and limitations should be considered when interpreting hate crime cases:

1) In order to show the criminal justice system’s response to hate crimes, in 1995 the Attorney
General asked all district attorneys and elected city attorneys to submit summary data of
complaints filed and convictions secured.

2) The 2022 District Attorney’s and Elected City Attorney’s Report File of Hate Crime Cases contains
summary data based on cases referred to each district attorney or elected city attorney, and
filings and convictions that occurred from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

3) When viewing prosecutorial data, it is not possible to relate the number of hate crimes reported
by law enforcement agencies to the number of hate crimes prosecuted by district attorneys
and city attorneys. First, crimes often occur in different reporting years than their subsequent
prosecutions. Second, the number of crimes reported by law enforcement is much higher than
those calling for prosecutorial action since the latter requires an arrested defendant who can be
prosecuted in a court of law.

4) The annual prosecutorial report collects data on the total number of hate crime cases filed and
the total number of hate crime convictions as reported by each district attorney or elected city
attorney. There is no direct relationship between “complaints filed” and “convictions” since a
case may be filed in one year and the outcome (trial or pleading) may occur in another.

5) All prosecutorial data include hate crimes committed by both juvenile and adult defendants.

6) Glenn County District Attorney did not report data for 2014.

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List of Data Tables
CRIME DATA, 2022

Table 1 Hate Crimes, 2022


Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by Bias Motivation.............................................8

Table 2 Hate Crimes, 2022


Offenses by Type of Crime...................................................................................................9

Table 3 Hate Crimes, 2022


Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by Location........................................................10

Table 4 Hate Crimes, 2022


Victim Type by Bias Motivation........................................................................................... 11

Table 5 Hate Crimes, 2022


Victim Type by Location......................................................................................................12

Table 6 Hate Crimes, 2022


Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction...............................13

PROSECUTORIAL DATA, 2022

Table 7A Hate Crime Prosecutorial Survey Responses, 2022


Number of Cases Referred to Prosecutors by Law Enforcement,
Rejections, and Filings by Type.......................................................................................... 23

Table 7B Hate Crime Prosecutorial Survey Responses, 2022


Number of Hate Crime Case Dispositions ........................................................................ 23

Table 8 Hate Crime Prosecutorial Survey Responses, 2022


Number of Cases Referred to Prosecutors and Type of Filing by Agency....................... 24

Table 9 Hate Crime Prosecutorial Survey Responses, 2022


Number of Dispositions of Hate Crime Cases Reported by Agency................................ 26

Table 10 Hate Crime Prosecutorial Survey Responses, 2013–2022


Number of Complaints Filed as Hate Crimes and Total Convictions by
Type of Prosecuting Attorney............................................................................................ 28

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TREND DATA, 2013–2022

Table 11 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Events by Bias Motivation.................................................................................................. 29

Table 12 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Offenses by Bias Motivation.............................................................................................. 30

Table 13 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Offenses by Type of Crime..................................................................................................31

Table 14 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Offenses by Location.......................................................................................................... 32

Table 15 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects........................................................................... 33

Table 16 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Events by Location............................................................................................................. 33

Table 17 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Events by Bias Motivation............................................................................... 33

Table 18 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Events by Race/Ethnicity/National Origin....................................................... 34

Table 19 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Events by Religion........................................................................................... 34

Table 20 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Events by Sexual Orientation.......................................................................... 34

Table 21 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Events by Gender............................................................................................. 35

Table 22 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Offenses by Category...................................................................................... 35

Table 23 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Offenses by Type of Violent Crime.................................................................. 35

Table 24 Hate Crimes, 2013–2022


Single-Bias Offenses by Type of Property Crime............................................................... 35

APPENDICES

Appendix Glossary............................................................................................................................... 36

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Table 1
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by Bias Motivation
Events Offenses Victims Suspects
Bias motivation Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
Number Number Number Number
of total of bias of total of bias of total of bias of total of bias
Total.............................................................................. 2,120 100.0 2,589 100.0 2,474 100.0 2,031 100.0

Single-bias total............................................................ 2,088 98.5 2,549 98.5 2,438 98.5 2,006 98.8

Race/ethnicity/national origin..................................... 1,298 61.2 100.0 1,589 61.4 100.0 1,512 61.1 100.0 1,293 63.7 100.0
Anti-white................................................................. 103 4.9 7.9 123 4.8 7.7 119 4.8 7.9 114 5.6 8.8
Anti-black or African American................................ 652 30.8 50.2 778 30.1 49.0 743 30.0 49.1 634 31.2 49.0
Anti-Hispanic or Latino............................................ 210 9.9 16.2 280 10.8 17.6 265 10.7 17.5 222 10.9 17.2
Anti-American Indian/
Alaskan native....................................................... 6 0.3 0.5 7 0.3 0.4 7 0.3 0.5 7 0.3 0.5
Anti-Asian................................................................ 140 6.6 10.8 172 6.6 10.8 161 6.5 10.6 152 7.5 11.8
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.................. 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0
Anti-Arab................................................................. 22 1.0 1.7 24 0.9 1.5 23 0.9 1.5 21 1.0 1.6
Anti-multiple races (group)...................................... 56 2.6 4.3 72 2.8 4.5 67 2.7 4.4 45 2.2 3.5
Anti-other ethnicity/
national origin....................................................... 96 4.5 7.4 118 4.6 7.4 113 4.6 7.5 85 4.2 6.6
Anti-citizenship status.............................................. 13 0.6 1.0 15 0.6 0.9 14 0.6 0.9 13 0.6 1.0

Religion...................................................................... 303 14.3 100.0 365 14.1 100.0 359 14.5 100.0 172 8.5 100.0
Anti-Jewish.............................................................. 189 8.9 62.4 228 8.8 62.5 227 9.2 63.2 88 4.3 51.2
Anti-Catholic............................................................ 20 0.9 6.6 23 0.9 6.3 21 0.8 5.8 11 0.5 6.4
Anti-Protestant......................................................... 12 0.6 4.0 12 0.5 3.3 12 0.5 3.3 10 0.5 5.8
Anti-Islamic (Muslim)............................................... 25 1.2 8.3 33 1.3 9.0 33 1.3 9.2 18 0.9 10.5
Anti-Sikh.................................................................. 4 0.2 1.3 5 0.2 1.4 4 0.2 1.1 9 0.4 5.2
Anti-multiple religions (group).................................. 4 0.2 1.3 5 0.2 1.4 5 0.2 1.4 0 0.0 0.0
Anti-other religion.................................................... 48 2.3 15.8 58 2.2 15.9 56 2.3 15.6 32 1.6 18.6
Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc.................................. 1 0.0 0.3 1 0.0 0.3 1 0.0 0.3 4 0.2 2.3

Sexual orientation....................................................... 391 18.4 100.0 482 18.6 100.0 458 18.5 100.0 432 21.3 100.0
Anti-gay (male)........................................................ 271 12.8 69.3 323 12.5 67.0 311 12.6 67.9 300 14.8 69.4
Anti-lesbian.............................................................. 33 1.6 8.4 43 1.7 8.9 42 1.7 9.2 34 1.7 7.9
Anti-homosexual...................................................... 81 3.8 20.7 109 4.2 22.6 99 4.0 21.6 91 4.5 21.1
Anti-heterosexual.................................................... 2 0.1 0.5 2 0.1 0.4 2 0.1 0.4 2 0.1 0.5
Anti-bisexual............................................................ 4 0.2 1.0 5 0.2 1.0 4 0.2 0.9 5 0.2 1.2

Physical/mental disability........................................... 12 0.6 100.0 13 0.5 100.0 12 0.5 100.0 20 1.0 100.0
Anti-physical disability............................................. 7 0.3 58.3 8 0.3 61.5 7 0.3 58.3 8 0.4 40.0
Anti-mental disability............................................... 5 0.2 41.7 5 0.2 38.5 5 0.2 41.7 12 0.6 60.0

Gender....................................................................... 84 4.0 100.0 100 3.9 100.0 97 3.9 100.0 89 4.4 100.0
Anti-male................................................................. 2 0.1 2.4 4 0.2 4.0 4 0.2 4.1 0 0.0 0.0
Anti-female.............................................................. 11 0.5 13.1 13 0.5 13.0 12 0.5 12.4 10 0.5 11.2
Anti-transgender...................................................... 59 2.8 70.2 69 2.7 69.0 67 2.7 69.1 68 3.3 76.4
Anti-gender non-conforming.................................... 12 0.6 14.3 14 0.5 14.0 14 0.6 14.4 11 0.5 12.4

Multiple-bias total......................................................... 32 1.5 100.0 40 1.5 100.0 36 1.5 100.0 25 1.2 100.0
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
An event indicates the occurrence of one or more criminal offenses committed against one or more victims by one or more suspects.
For a more complete definition of each term, please refer to Appendix 1.

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Table 2
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Offenses by Type of Crime

Offenses
Type of crime Percent of Percent of
Number
total category
Total............................................ 2,589 100.0

Single-bias total......................... 2,549 98.5


Violent crimes.......................... 1,790 69.1 100.0
Murder................................... 3 0.1 0.2
Rape...................................... 3 0.1 0.2
Robbery................................. 81 3.1 4.7
Aggravated assault................ 507 19.6 28.8
Simple assault....................... 602 23.3 33.3
Intimidation............................ 588 22.7 32.5
Fondling1…………………. 1 0.0 0.1
Kidnapping/abduction1………… 5 0.2 0.3
Property crimes....................... 759 29.3 100.0
Burglary................................. 13 0.5 1.7
Larceny-theft.......................... 19 0.7 2.5
Motor vehicle theft................. 2 0.1 0.3
Arson..................................... 15 0.6 2.0
Destruction/vandalism........... 699 27.0 92.1
False pretense/swindle1…….. 2 0.1 0.3
Weapons law violation1……… 8 0.3 1.1
Hacking/computer invasion1… 1 0.0 0.1
Multiple-bias total....................... 40 1.5 100.0
Note: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
1
New category added in 2021 due to the implementation of incident based
reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for further information.

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Table 3
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by Location
Events Offenses Victims Suspects
Location
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total............................................................. 2,120 100.0 2,589 100.0 2,474 100.0 2,031 100.0
Single-bias total.......................................... 2,088 98.5 2,549 98.5 2,438 98.5 2,006 98.8
Abandoned/condemned structure........... 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1
Air/bus/train terminal............................... 50 2.4 52 2.0 51 2.1 54 2.7
Amusement park.................................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Arena/stadium/fairgrounds/coliseum....... 6 0.3 6 0.2 6 0.2 5 0.2
Bank/savings and loan............................ 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1
Bar/night club......................................... 26 1.2 36 1.4 36 1.5 38 1.9
Camp/campground................................. 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Church/synagogue/temple...................... 83 3.9 111 4.3 104 4.2 48 2.4
Commercial/office building...................... 44 2.1 47 1.8 47 1.9 37 1.8
Community center.................................. 11 0.5 11 0.4 11 0.4 9 0.4
Construction site..................................... 11 0.5 13 0.5 12 0.5 11 0.5
Convenience store.................................. 51 2.4 60 2.3 56 2.3 66 3.2
Daycare facility....................................... 3 0.1 6 0.2 6 0.2 12 0.6
Department/discount store...................... 21 1.0 26 1.0 26 1.1 26 1.3
Dock/wharf/freight/modal terminal.......... 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Drug store/Dr.'s office/hospital................ 33 1.6 44 1.7 42 1.7 31 1.5
Farm facility............................................ 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Field/woods/park.................................... 8 0.4 10 0.4 9 0.4 10 0.5
Gambling facility/casino/race track......... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Government/public building.................... 24 1.1 29 1.1 28 1.1 14 0.7
Grocery/supermarket.............................. 26 1.2 29 1.1 29 1.2 32 1.6
Highway/road/alley/street........................ 491 23.2 588 22.7 558 22.6 525 25.8
Hotel/motel/etc....................................... 22 1.0 28 1.1 27 1.1 20 1.0
Industrial site.......................................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Jail/prison............................................... 19 0.9 20 0.8 20 0.8 37 1.8
Lake/waterway/beach............................. 6 0.3 7 0.3 7 0.3 7 0.3
Liquor store............................................ 6 0.3 7 0.3 7 0.3 8 0.4
Park/playground..................................... 81 3.8 88 3.4 86 3.5 70 3.4
Parking lot/garage.................................. 153 7.2 186 7.2 176 7.1 167 8.2
Rental storage facility............................. 3 0.1 3 0.1 3 0.1 1 0.0
Residence/home/driveway...................... 458 21.6 617 23.8 581 23.5 381 18.8
Rest area................................................ 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Restaurant.............................................. 56 2.6 77 3.0 75 3.0 64 3.2
School, college/university....................... 82 3.9 98 3.8 96 3.9 57 2.8
School, elementary/secondary................ 157 7.4 168 6.5 163 6.6 145 7.1
Service/gas station................................. 22 1.0 27 1.0 26 1.1 23 1.1
Shelter/mission/homeless....................... 6 0.3 6 0.2 6 0.2 6 0.3
Shopping mall......................................... 9 0.4 11 0.4 11 0.4 14 0.7
Specialty store (TV, fur, etc.).................. 18 0.8 25 1.0 22 0.9 19 0.9
Tribal lands............................................. 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0
Other/unknown....................................... 92 4.3 103 4.0 101 4.1 60 3.0
Multiple-bias total........................................ 32 1.5 40 1.5 36 1.5 25 1.2
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
An event indicates the occurrence of one or more criminal offenses committed against one or more victims by one or more suspects.
For a more complete definition of each criminal justice term, please refer to Appendix 1.

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Table 4
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Victim Type by Bias Motivation
Business/
Religious
Total Individual financial Government Other
Bias motivation organization
institution
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total................................................................ 2,474 100.0 2,098 100.0 89 100.0 182 100.0 61 100.0 44 100.0
Single-bias total............................................. 2,438 98.5 2,076 99.0 85 95.5 180 98.9 56 91.8 41 93.2
Race/ethnicity/national origin....................... 1,512 61.1 1,313 62.6 53 59.6 114 62.6 7 11.5 25 56.8
Anti-white.................................................. 119 4.8 114 5.4 3 3.4 2 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-black or African American................. 743 30.0 627 29.9 28 31.5 66 36.3 6 9.8 16 36.4
Anti-Hispanic or Latino.............................. 265 10.7 256 12.2 5 5.6 2 1.1 0 0.0 2 4.5
Anti-American Indian/
Alaskan native......................................... 7 0.3 7 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-Asian.................................................. 161 6.5 149 7.1 3 3.4 8 4.4 0 0.0 1 2.3
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-Arab................................................... 23 0.9 22 1.0 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-multiple races (group)........................ 67 2.7 36 1.7 7 7.9 19 10.4 1 1.6 4 9.1
Anti-other ethnicity/
national origin......................................... 113 4.6 89 4.2 6 6.7 16 8.8 0 0.0 2 4.5
Anti-citizenship status............................... 14 0.6 13 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Religion........................................................ 359 14.5 233 11.1 23 25.8 45 24.7 48 78.7 10 22.7
Anti-Jewish................................................ 227 9.2 151 7.2 21 23.6 39 21.4 7 11.5 9 20.5
Anti-Catholic.............................................. 21 0.8 6 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 15 24.6 0 0.0
Anti-Protestant.......................................... 12 0.5 3 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 14.8 0 0.0
Anti-Islamic (Muslim)................................ 33 1.3 30 1.4 1 1.1 2 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-Sikh.................................................... 4 0.2 4 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-multiple religions (group)................... 5 0.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 3 4.9 0 0.0
Anti-other religion...................................... 56 2.3 37 1.8 1 1.1 3 1.6 14 23.0 1 2.3
Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc.................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Sexual orientation........................................ 458 18.5 424 20.2 6 6.7 21 11.5 1 1.6 6 13.6
Anti-gay (male).......................................... 311 12.6 294 14.0 3 3.4 11 6.0 0 0.0 3 6.8
Anti-lesbian............................................... 42 1.7 41 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.3
Anti-homosexual....................................... 99 4.0 83 4.0 3 3.4 10 5.5 1 1.6 2 4.5
Anti-heterosexual...................................... 2 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-bisexual.............................................. 4 0.2 4 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Physical/mental disability............................. 12 0.5 12 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-physical disability............................... 7 0.3 7 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-mental disability................................. 5 0.2 5 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Gender......................................................... 97 3.9 94 4.5 3 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-male................................................... 4 0.2 3 0.1 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-female................................................ 12 0.5 11 0.5 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-transgender....................................... 67 2.7 66 3.1 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Anti-gender non-conforming..................... 14 0.6 14 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Multiple-bias total........................................... 36 1.5 22 1.0 4 4.5 2 1.1 5 8.2 3 6.8
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals because of rounding.
The victim type "individual" includes person and law enforcement due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics
for further information.
The victim type "other" contains other, and society due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for further information.
For a more complete definition of each term, please refer to Appendix 1.

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Table 5
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Victim Type by Location
Business/
Religious
Total Individual financial Government Other
Location organization
institution
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total......................................................... 2,474 100.0 2,098 100.0 89 100.0 182 100.0 61 100.0 44 100.0
Single-bias total....................................... 2,438 98.5 2,076 99.0 85 95.5 180 98.9 56 91.8 41 93.2
Abandoned/condemned structure......... 2 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Air/bus/train terminal............................. 51 2.1 49 2.3 0 0.0 2 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Amusement park................................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Arena/stadium/fairgrounds/coliseum..... 6 0.2 6 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bank/savings and loan.......................... 2 0.1 2 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bar/night club........................................ 36 1.5 35 1.7 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Camp/campground................................ 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Church/synagogue/temple.................... 104 4.2 46 2.2 2 2.2 1 0.5 54 88.5 1 2.3
Commercial/office building.................... 47 1.9 42 2.0 4 4.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Community center................................. 11 0.4 8 0.4 1 1.1 2 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Construction site................................... 12 0.5 8 0.4 2 2.2 0 0.0 1 1.6 1 2.3
Convenience store................................ 56 2.3 53 2.5 2 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2.3
Daycare facility...................................... 6 0.2 6 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Department/discount store.................... 26 1.1 25 1.2 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Dock/wharf/freight/modal terminal........ 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Drug store/Dr.'s office/hospital.............. 42 1.7 38 1.8 4 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Farm facility........................................... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Field/woods/park................................... 9 0.4 7 0.3 2 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Gambling facility/casino/race track........ 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Government/public building................... 28 1.1 17 0.8 0 0.0 11 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Grocery/supermarket............................ 29 1.2 28 1.3 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Highway/road/alley/street...................... 558 22.6 523 24.9 4 4.5 26 14.3 0 0.0 5 11.4
Hotel/motel/etc...................................... 27 1.1 25 1.2 2 2.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Industrial site......................................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Jail/prison.............................................. 20 0.8 20 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Lake/waterway/beach............................ 7 0.3 7 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Liquor store........................................... 7 0.3 7 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Park/playground.................................... 86 3.5 44 2.1 4 4.5 34 18.7 0 0.0 4 9.1
Parking lot/garage................................. 176 7.1 161 7.7 4 4.5 9 4.9 0 0.0 2 4.5
Rental storage facility............................ 3 0.1 2 0.1 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Residence/home/driveway.................... 581 23.5 564 26.9 8 9.0 2 1.1 0 0.0 7 15.9
Rest area............................................... 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Restaurant............................................. 75 3.0 67 3.2 8 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
School, college/university...................... 96 3.9 51 2.4 21 23.6 21 11.5 0 0.0 3 6.8
School, elementary/secondary.............. 163 6.6 79 3.8 8 9.0 61 33.5 1 1.6 14 31.8
Service/gas station................................ 26 1.1 25 1.2 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Shelter/mission/homeless..................... 6 0.2 6 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Shopping mall............................... 11 0.4 11 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Specialty store (TV, fur, etc.)........ 22 0.9 22 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tribal lands................................... 1 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Other/unknown...................................... 101 4.1 85 4.1 4 4.5 9 4.9 0 0.0 3 6.8
Multiple-bias total.................................... 36 1.5 22 1.0 4 4.5 2 1.1 5 8.2 3 6.8
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100.0 because of rounding.
The victim type "individual" includes person and law enforcement due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics
for further information.
The victim type "other" contains other, and society due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for further information.
For a more complete definition of each term, please refer to Appendix 1.

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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Total ............................................................... 2,120 2,589 2,474 2,031


Single Bias Total ............................................ 2,088 2,549 2,438 2,006
Alameda County .......................................... 109 132 126 88
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 4 4 4 4
Alameda .................................................. 6 7 7 7
Albany ...................................................... 6 7 6 4
Berkeley ................................................... 40 47 46 36
East Bay Reg Park Dist ............................ 4 4 4 2
Emeryville ................................................. 3 3 3 2
Fremont .................................................... 7 11 7 5
Hayward ................................................... 4 5 5 2
Livermore ................................................. 5 6 6 1
Newark ..................................................... 2 2 2 2
Oakland .................................................... 14 21 21 12
San Leandro ............................................. 1 1 1 1
UC Berkeley ............................................. 5 6 6 4
Union City ................................................. 8 8 8 6
Alpine County .............................................. 0 0 0 0
Amador County ........................................... 1 1 1 0
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 0
Butte County ............................................... 12 15 13 13
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 2
Chico ........................................................ 6 9 7 9
CSU Chico ................................................ 3 3 3 1
Gridley ...................................................... 1 1 1 1
Calaveras County ........................................ 0 0 0 0
Colusa County ............................................. 0 0 0 0
Contra Costa County ................................... 38 52 50 29
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 4 5 5 4
Antioch ..................................................... 4 6 6 2
Danville ..................................................... 1 1 1 1
El Cerrito .................................................. 6 9 9 8
Hercules ................................................... 1 2 2 1
Lafayette ................................................... 1 1 1 1
Martinez .................................................... 4 4 4 1
Moraga ..................................................... 1 3 3 0
Oakley ...................................................... 1 2 2 1
Orinda ....................................................... 1 1 1 0
Pinole ....................................................... 1 1 1 0
Pleasant Hill ............................................. 1 1 1 2
Richmond ................................................. 4 5 4 3
San Pablo ................................................. 1 2 1 1
San Ramon .............................................. 4 6 6 2
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Contra Costa County (continued)


Walnut Creek ........................................... 3 3 3 2
Del Norte County ......................................... 3 4 4 1
Crescent City ............................................ 3 4 4 1
El Dorado County ........................................ 13 16 16 10
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 10 11 11 8
Placerville ................................................. 2 4 4 2
South Lake Tahoe .................................... 1 1 1 0
Fresno County ............................................. 23 38 32 22
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 3 3 2
Clovis ........................................................ 2 2 2 3
Coalinga State Hospital ............................ 2 2 2 2
Fresno ...................................................... 13 26 21 12
Kingsburg ................................................. 1 1 1 0
Parlier ....................................................... 3 4 3 3
Glenn County .............................................. 0 0 0 0
Humboldt County ........................................ 10 10 10 5
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 0
Cal Poly Humboldt .................................... 2 2 2 0
Eureka ...................................................... 1 1 1 2
Ferndale ................................................... 3 3 3 3
Fortuna ..................................................... 2 2 2 0
Imperial County ........................................... 4 4 4 3
Brawley ..................................................... 2 2 2 1
El Centro .................................................. 2 2 2 2

Inyo County ................................................. 0 0 0 0


Kern County ................................................ 25 30 27 42
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 3 2 11
Bakersfield ............................................... 6 7 6 13
Delano ...................................................... 7 7 7 6
High School Dist ....................................... 4 6 5 6
Ridgecrest ................................................ 1 2 2 2
Taft ........................................................... 1 1 1 1
Tehachapi ................................................ 4 4 4 3
Kings County ............................................... 4 4 4 6
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 4
Hanford ................................................... 2 2 2 2
Lake County ................................................ 13 19 16 8
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 2
Clearlake .................................................. 8 13 11 3
Lakeport ................................................... 4 5 4 3

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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Lassen County ............................................ 5 6 5 2


Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 2
Susanville ................................................. 3 4 3 0
Los Angeles County .................................... 857 994 970 817
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 27 30 30 19
Agoura Hills .............................................. 1 1 1 0
Alhambra .................................................. 4 4 4 1
Arcadia ..................................................... 2 2 2 1
Azusa ....................................................... 2 2 2 1
Baldwin Park ............................................ 2 2 2 0
Bell ........................................................... 1 1 1 0
Bell Gardens ............................................. 1 1 1 1
Bellflower .................................................. 2 3 3 2
Beverly Hills .............................................. 7 8 8 8
Burbank .................................................... 7 10 10 4
Calabasas ................................................ 1 1 1 0
Carson ...................................................... 1 2 2 1
Cerritos ..................................................... 2 3 3 3
Claremont ................................................. 1 1 1 2
Compton ................................................... 1 1 1 1
Covina ...................................................... 2 4 4 2
CSU Northridge ........................................ 1 1 1 1
Culver City ................................................ 1 1 1 0
Diamond Bar ............................................ 2 2 2 1
Downey .................................................... 1 1 1 4
El Monte ................................................... 4 4 4 5
El Segundo ............................................... 2 2 2 1
Gardena ................................................... 3 7 4 4
Glendale ................................................... 3 3 3 2
Hawaiian Gardens .................................... 2 2 2 3
Hawthorne ................................................ 2 2 2 3
Huntington Park ....................................... 1 1 1 1
Industry ..................................................... 1 1 1 1
Irwindale ................................................... 1 1 1 1
La Canada-Flintridge ................................ 1 1 1 0
La Verne ................................................... 2 2 2 2
Lakewood ................................................. 5 5 5 4
Lancaster ................................................. 4 5 5 4
Lawndale .................................................. 1 1 1 1
Lomita ...................................................... 2 2 2 0
Long Beach .............................................. 13 16 16 16
Los Angeles .............................................. 609 696 675 615
Lynwood ................................................... 3 4 4 2
Malibu ....................................................... 2 2 2 2
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Los Angeles County (continued)


Manhattan Beach ..................................... 15 15 15 3
Metropolitan State Hospital ...................... 2 2 2 2
Monrovia ................................................... 3 3 3 2
Montebello ................................................ 1 2 2 1
Monterey Park .......................................... 2 2 2 5
Norwalk .................................................... 1 1 1 1
Palmdale .................................................. 10 11 11 4
Pasadena ................................................. 3 9 9 7
Pasadena City College ............................. 6 7 8 4
Pico Rivera ............................................... 3 5 5 3
Pomona .................................................... 4 4 4 3
Rancho Palos Verdes .............................. 1 1 1 0
Redondo Beach ........................................ 13 15 15 15
Rosemead ................................................ 1 2 2 1
San Fernando ........................................... 2 2 2 2
Santa Clarita ............................................. 12 12 12 4
Santa Monica ........................................... 7 9 9 7
South El Monte ......................................... 1 1 1 1
South Gate ............................................... 1 1 1 2
South Pasadena ....................................... 3 4 4 1
Temple City .............................................. 1 1 1 0
Torrance ................................................... 10 17 17 4
UC Los Angeles ....................................... 3 4 4 2
Walnut ...................................................... 3 4 4 2
West Hollywood ....................................... 19 22 21 22
Madera County ............................................ 7 7 7 3
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 3 3 3 1
Chowchilla ................................................ 1 1 1 0
Madera ..................................................... 3 3 3 2
Marin County ............................................... 8 8 8 4
Central Marin ............................................ 3 3 3 1
Fairfax ...................................................... 1 1 1 0
San Rafael ................................................ 4 4 4 3
Mariposa County ......................................... 1 1 1 0
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 0
Mendocino County ...................................... 0 0 0 0
Merced County ............................................ 7 8 8 5
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Atwater ..................................................... 3 3 3 1
Livingston ................................................. 1 2 2 1
Los Banos ................................................ 1 1 1 1
Merced ..................................................... 1 1 1 1
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Modoc County ............................................. 0 0 0 0


Mono County ............................................... 0 0 0 0
Monterey County ......................................... 11 15 15 8
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
CSU Monterey Bay ................................... 1 2 2 1
Marina ...................................................... 1 2 2 1
Monterey .................................................. 5 6 6 3
Salinas ...................................................... 3 4 4 2
Napa County ............................................... 2 2 2 1
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 0
Napa State Hospital ................................. 1 1 1 1
Nevada County ........................................... 1 1 1 1
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Orange County ............................................ 110 135 125 101
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Aliso Viejo ................................................. 1 1 1 1
Costa Mesa .............................................. 5 6 5 12
CSU Fullerton ........................................... 1 1 1 1
Cypress .................................................... 4 4 4 1
Dana Point ................................................ 2 2 2 1
Fullerton ................................................... 6 7 8 5
Garden Grove .......................................... 2 3 3 1
Huntington Beach ..................................... 7 13 9 6
Irvine ......................................................... 18 20 20 18
La Habra ................................................... 1 2 2 1
La Palma .................................................. 1 2 2 2
Laguna Beach .......................................... 1 1 1 1
Laguna Niguel .......................................... 1 2 1 1
Laguna Woods ......................................... 1 1 1 1
Lake Forest .............................................. 1 1 1 0
Mission Viejo ............................................ 1 1 1 0
Newport Beach ......................................... 2 2 2 1
Orange ..................................................... 4 4 4 3
San Clemente .......................................... 1 4 4 1
San Juan Capistrano ................................ 1 2 1 1
Santa Ana ................................................. 32 34 33 24
Seal Beach ............................................... 3 4 3 1
Stanton ..................................................... 1 1 1 1
Tustin ....................................................... 5 6 6 10
UC Irvine .................................................. 3 3 3 2
Westminster ............................................. 3 6 4 3
Yorba Linda .............................................. 1 1 1 1

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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Placer County .............................................. 18 22 22 15


Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 3 5 5 5
Auburn ...................................................... 2 2 2 2
Lincoln ...................................................... 2 2 2 0
Rocklin ..................................................... 2 2 2 1
Roseville ................................................... 9 11 11 7
Plumas County ............................................ 0 0 0 0
Riverside County ......................................... 41 61 56 47
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 2 2 2
Banning .................................................... 2 2 2 2
Beaumont ................................................. 3 3 3 2
Blythe ....................................................... 2 2 2 2
Cathedral City ........................................... 3 4 4 3
Corona ...................................................... 2 2 2 3
Desert Hot Springs ................................... 1 1 1 1
Hemet ....................................................... 2 3 2 2
Moreno Valley .......................................... 1 1 1 1
Palm Desert ............................................. 1 3 1 1
Palm Springs ............................................ 6 7 6 5
Rancho Mirage ......................................... 1 2 2 1
Riverside .................................................. 12 17 16 15
Riverside Comm. College ........................ 1 9 9 1
UC Riverside ............................................ 3 3 3 6
Sacramento County .................................... 114 135 127 151
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 9 10 11 15
Citrus Heights ........................................... 5 5 5 5
Elk Grove ................................................. 2 2 2 0
Folsom ..................................................... 7 7 7 12
Galt ........................................................... 1 1 1 0
Los Rios ................................................... 3 3 3 0
Rancho Cordova ...................................... 2 2 2 3
Sacramento .............................................. 84 104 95 116
Twin Rivers Unified School Dist ............... 1 1 1 0
San Benito County ...................................... 1 1 1 1
Hollister .................................................... 1 1 1 1
San Bernardino County ............................... 33 49 44 39
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 6 15 10 11
Apple Valley .............................................. 1 3 3 1
Barstow .................................................... 1 1 1 1
Chaffey College ........................................ 1 1 1 0
Chino ........................................................ 1 1 1 0
Chino Hills ................................................ 1 1 1 1
Fontana .................................................... 1 1 1 0
Highland ................................................... 2 3 3 4
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

San Bernardino County (continued)


Patton State Hospital ................................ 3 5 5 5
Redlands .................................................. 1 1 1 1
Rialto ........................................................ 4 4 4 4
San Bernardino ........................................ 2 2 2 2
San Bernardino Unified School Dist ......... 1 1 1 0
Upland ...................................................... 5 7 7 6
Victorville .................................................. 2 2 2 2
Yucca Valley ............................................. 1 1 1 1
San Diego County ....................................... 105 130 125 111
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 11 21 20 18
Carlsbad ................................................... 4 4 4 5
Chula Vista ............................................... 10 10 10 8
Coronado .................................................. 2 2 2 0
CSU San Diego ........................................ 3 3 3 1
CSU San Marcos ..................................... 10 10 10 9
El Cajon .................................................... 3 4 3 2
Encinitas ................................................... 3 4 4 3
Escondido ................................................. 2 2 2 0
Lemon Grove ........................................... 1 1 1 0
National City ............................................. 2 2 2 4
Oceanside ................................................ 6 6 6 8
San Diego ................................................. 39 52 49 45
San Diego Harbor ..................................... 4 4 4 4
San Marcos .............................................. 1 1 1 1
Santee ...................................................... 2 2 2 1
Solana Beach ........................................... 1 1 1 1
Vista ......................................................... 1 1 1 1
San Francisco County ................................. 41 64 58 45
San Francisco .......................................... 36 54 48 43
San Francisco State University ................ 4 9 9 1
UC San Francisco .................................... 1 1 1 1
San Joaquin County .................................... 23 31 30 20
Manteca ................................................... 1 1 1 1
Stockton ................................................... 17 22 21 16
Stockton Unified School Dist .................... 1 1 1 0
Tracy ........................................................ 4 7 7 3
San Luis Obispo County ............................. 21 29 27 24
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Arroyo Grande .......................................... 1 1 1 4
Atascadero ............................................... 2 3 3 4
Atascadero State Hospital ........................ 1 2 2 1
Pismo Beach ............................................ 3 6 4 4
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

San Luis Obispo County (continued)


San Luis Obispo ....................................... 13 16 16 10
San Mateo County ...................................... 61 71 70 47
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 8 8 8 6
Atherton .................................................... 4 4 4 2
Burlingame ............................................... 4 5 5 1
Daly City ................................................... 3 4 4 1
Foster City ................................................ 6 8 7 11
Hillsborough ............................................. 1 2 2 0
Menlo Park ............................................... 7 10 10 5
Pacifica ..................................................... 2 2 2 1
Redwood City ........................................... 7 7 7 5
San Bruno ................................................ 1 1 1 1
San Mateo ................................................ 12 13 13 10
South San Francisco ................................ 6 7 7 4
Santa Barbara County ................................. 17 19 18 27
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 12 14 13 22
Santa Barbara .......................................... 1 1 1 1
Santa Maria .............................................. 3 3 3 3
UC Santa Barbara .................................... 1 1 1 1
Santa Clara County ..................................... 191 228 218 167
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 5 6 6 1
Campbell .................................................. 3 4 4 2
CSU San Jose .......................................... 8 9 8 4
Cupertino .................................................. 1 1 1 1
Foothill De Anza Comm. College ............. 1 1 1 1
Los Altos ................................................... 8 8 8 4
Los Gatos ................................................. 4 4 4 5
Morgan Hill ............................................... 4 4 4 0
Mountain View .......................................... 18 18 18 21
Palo Alto ................................................... 11 11 11 5
San Jose .................................................. 106 137 129 107
Santa Clara .............................................. 4 5 5 3
Santa Clara Transit Dist ........................... 2 2 2 1
Saratoga ................................................... 3 3 3 6
Sunnyvale ................................................. 13 15 14 6
Santa Cruz County ...................................... 28 41 38 22
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 8 14 13 3
Santa Cruz ............................................... 9 14 14 13
Scotts Valley ............................................. 4 4 4 2
UC Santa Cruz ......................................... 5 6 5 3
Watsonville ............................................... 2 3 2 1

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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Shasta County ............................................. 5 6 5 6


Redding .................................................... 5 6 5 6

Sierra County .............................................. 0 0 0 0


Siskiyou County .......................................... 1 1 1 2
Weed ........................................................ 1 1 1 2
Solano County ............................................. 16 20 18 22
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Fairfield ..................................................... 7 9 7 14
Suisun City ............................................... 3 3 3 3
Vacaville ................................................... 2 2 2 2
Vallejo ....................................................... 3 5 5 2
Sonoma County .......................................... 22 28 28 9
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 6 6 1
CSU Sonoma ........................................... 1 1 1 0
Healdsburg ............................................... 1 1 1 1
Petaluma .................................................. 10 10 10 2
Rohnert Park ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Santa Rosa ............................................... 6 8 8 3
Sebastopol ............................................... 1 1 1 1
Stanislaus County ....................................... 14 21 19 15
Ceres ........................................................ 3 5 5 3
Modesto .................................................... 6 11 9 8
Oakdale .................................................... 3 3 3 2
Turlock ..................................................... 2 2 2 2
Sutter County .............................................. 2 3 3 8
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 1
Yuba City .................................................. 1 2 2 7
Tehama County .......................................... 3 3 3 3
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 2
Corning ..................................................... 1 1 1 1
Trinity County .............................................. 2 4 4 2
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 4 4 2
Tulare County .............................................. 11 17 17 12
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 1 1 3
Porterville Developmental Center ............. 1 2 2 2
Tulare ....................................................... 1 1 1 1
Visalia ....................................................... 8 13 13 6
Tuolumne County ........................................ 1 1 1 0
Sonora ...................................................... 1 1 1 0
Ventura County ........................................... 24 26 25 20
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 2 2 2
Camarillo .................................................. 2 2 2 2
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Table 6
HATE CRIMES, 2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects by County and Jurisdiction

County and jurisdiction Events Offenses Victims Suspects

Ventura County (continued)


Oxnard ..................................................... 3 3 3 2
Port Hueneme .......................................... 1 1 1 0
Santa Paula .............................................. 1 1 1 1
Simi Valley ................................................ 10 11 10 11
Thousand Oaks ........................................ 3 4 4 2
Ventura ..................................................... 1 1 1 0
Ventura District Comm. College ............... 1 1 1 0
Yolo County ................................................. 22 26 26 18
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 1 2 2 1
Davis ........................................................ 15 15 15 10
UC Davis .................................................. 1 1 1 1
Woodland ................................................. 5 8 8 6
Yuba County ............................................... 4 6 5 3
Sheriff's Dept ............................................ 2 3 2 2
Marysville ................................................. 1 2 2 1
Wheatland ................................................ 1 1 1 0
California Highway Patrol ............................ 3 4 4 1
Inyo ........................................................... 1 2 2 0
Sacramento .............................................. 2 2 2 1
Multiple Bias Total ......................................... 32 40 36 25

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Table 7A
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Cases Referred to Prosecutors by Law Enforcement, Rejections, and Filings by Type
Type of case filing
Hate crime
Cases Criminal case Cases filed as
cases referred Cases filed as
Type of prosecuting attorney rejected filings1 non-bias
to prosecutors hate crimes
motivated crimes
Number Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total..................................... 647 180 456 100.0 282 61.8 174 38.2
County District Attorneys... 519 129 391 100.0 271 69.3 120 30.7
Elected City Attorneys....... 128 51 65 100.0 11 16.9 54 83.1
Note: Hate Crime Prosecution Survey is conducted by the Criminal Justice Statistics Center in January following the reporting year.
1
Multiple criminal case filings can result from individual cases referred so total filings and cases rejected can exceed total referred.

Table 7B
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Hate Crime Case Dispositions
Hate crime Hate crime convictions
Type of prosecuting All other Total hate crime
cases with Not convicted Guilty plea/
attorney convictions convictions Trial verdict
dispositions nolo contendere
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total..................................... 122 100.0 13 10.7 56 45.9 53 43.4 47 88.7 6 11.3
County District Attorneys... 116 100.0 13 11.2 52 44.8 51 44.0 46 90.2 5 9.8
Elected City Attorneys........ 6 100.0 0 0.0 4 66.7 2 33.3 1 50.0 1 50.0
Note: Hate Crime Prosecution Survey is conducted by the Criminal Justice Statistics Center in January following the reporting year.

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Table 8
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Cases Referred to Prosecutors and Type of Filing by Agency
Total hate Total cases Total cases filed as
Agency crime cases filed as hate non-bias motivated
referred crimes crimes
Total................................................................. 647 282 174
County District Attorneys.................................. 519 271 120
Alameda......................................................... 53 5 23
Alpine............................................................. 0 0 0
Amador........................................................... 0 0 0
Butte............................................................... 6 3 1
Calaveras....................................................... 1 0 0
Colusa............................................................ 1 1 0
Contra Costa.................................................. 9 7 2
Del Norte........................................................ 0 0 0
El Dorado....................................................... 1 0 1
Fresno............................................................ 7 4 2
Glenn.........…................….................. 1 1 0
Humboldt........................................................ 2 2 0
Imperial.......................................................... 0 0 0
Inyo................................................................ 1 0 1
Kern................................................................ 7 7 0
Kings.............................................................. 0 0 0
Lake............................................................... 6 4 3
Lassen............................................................ 0 0 0
Los Angeles.................................................... 97 86 0
Madera........................................................... 1 0 0
Marin.............................................................. 7 3 2
Mariposa......................................................... 0 0 0
Mendocino...................................................... 0 0 0
Merced........................................................... 3 0 3
Modoc............................................................ 0 0 0
Mono.............................................................. 0 0 0
Monterey........................................................ 4 3 0
Napa............................................................... 0 0 0
Nevada........................................................... 0 0 0
Orange........................................................... 37 16 9

Placer............................................................. 9 1 2
Plumas........................................................... 1 1 0
Riverside........................................................ 22 17 2
Sacramento.................................................... 20 3 15
San Benito...................................................... 1 1 0
(continued)

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Table 8 - continued
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Cases Referred to Prosecutors and Type of Filing by Agency
Total hate Total cases Total cases filed as
Agency crime cases filed as hate non-bias motivated
referred crimes crimes
San Bernardino............................................... 11 10 0
San Diego....................................................... 46 21 9
San Francisco................................................ 20 11 4
San Joaquin................................................... 7 4 0
San Luis Obispo............................................. 13 6 0

San Mateo...................................................... 16 6 4
Santa Barbara................................................ 18 5 9
Santa Clara.................................................... 19 16 3
Santa Cruz……………………….. 11 2 4
Shasta............................................................ 4 4 2

Sierra.............................................................. 0 0 0
Siskiyou.......................................................... 4 2 1
Solano............................................................ 2 1 0
Sonoma.......................................................... 0 0 0
Stanislaus....................................................... 10 8 2
Sutter.............................................................. 1 1 0
Tehama.......................................................... 2 0 0
Trinity............................................................. 1 1 0
Tulare............................................................. 5 3 0
Tuolumne....................................................... 0 0 0
Ventura........................................................... 22 2 14
Yolo................................................................ 8 1 2
Yuba............................................................... 2 2 0

Elected City Attorneys...................................... 128 11 54


Long Beach.................................................... 0 0 0
Los Angeles.................................................... 110 4 50
Redondo Beach.............................................. 2 1 0
San Diego..................................................... 12 6 1
San Rafael...................................................... 4 0 3
Notes: Hate Crime Prosecution Survey is conducted by the Criminal Justice Statistics Center in January following
the reporting year.
The number of complaints filed by county district attorneys and elected city attorneys or the number of
cases that resulted in hate crime convictions cannot be linked to the number of hate crimes reported by
law enforcement agencies.

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Table 9
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Dispositions of Hate Crime Cases Reported by Agency
Convictions
Hate crime convictions
Total Not
Agency Total Guilty plea/ All other
dispositions convicted Trial
convictions Total nolo convictions
verdict
contendere
Total....................................... 122 13 109 53 47 6 56
County District Attorneys...... 116 13 103 51 46 5 52
Alameda............................. 9 2 7 3 3 0 4
Alpine................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amador.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Butte.................................. 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Calaveras........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colusa............................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contra Costa...................... 4 1 3 0 0 0 3
Del Norte............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Dorado........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fresno............................... 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Glenn.........…................….. 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Humboldt........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Imperial.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inyo.................................... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kern................................... 3 2 1 1 1 0 0
Kings.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake................................... 4 0 4 3 3 0 1
Lassen............................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles....................... 21 4 17 4 4 0 13
Madera.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marin.................................. 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
Mariposa............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mendocino......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merced............................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Modoc................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mono.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monterey............................ 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
Napa.................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orange............................... 8 0 8 7 6 1 1
Placer................................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Plumas............................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Riverside............................ 5 1 4 3 1 2 1
Sacramento....................... 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
San Benito......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Bernardino.................. 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
San Diego.......................... 7 0 7 4 3 1 3
San Francisco.................... 6 1 5 0 0 0 5
San Joaquin....................... 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
San Luis Obispo................. 4 0 4 0 0 0 4
San Mateo......................... 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
Santa Barbara.................... 4 1 3 3 3 0 0
Santa Clara........................ 6 0 6 4 4 0 2
Santa Cruz…………………… 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
Shasta............................... 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
Sierra................................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siskiyou............................. 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
Solano............................... 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Sonoma............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanislaus.......................... 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
(continued)

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Table 9 - continued
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2022
Number of Dispositions of Hate Crime Cases Reported by Agency
Convictions
Total Not Hate crime convictions
Agency Total Guilty plea/ All other
dispositions convicted Trial
convictions Total nolo convictions
verdict
contendere
Sutter................................. 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Tehama.............................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trinity................................. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tulare................................ 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Tuolumne........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ventura.............................. 2 0 2 2 1 1 0
Yolo................................... 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
Yuba.................................. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Elected City Attorneys.......... 6 0 6 2 1 1 4
Long Beach........................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Los Angeles....................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Redondo Beach................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Diego.......................... 3 0 3 2 1 1 1
San Rafael......................... 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
Notes: Hate Crime Prosecution Survey is conducted by the Criminal Justice Statistics Center in January following the reporting year.
The number of complaints filed by county district attorneys and elected city attorneys or the number of cases that resulted
in hate crime convictions cannot be linked to the number of hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies.

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Table 10
HATE CRIME PROSECUTORIAL SURVEY RESPONSES, 2013-2022
Number of Complaints Filed as Hate Crimes and Total Convictions by Type of Prosecuting Attorney
Total County District Attorneys Elected City Attorneys
Year Complaints Total Complaints Total Complaints Total
filed convictions filed convictions filed convictions
2022…………… 282 109 271 103 11 6
2021…………… 285 109 273 106 12 3
2020…………… 219 95 209 92 10 3
2019.................. 200 82 185 73 15 9
2018.................. 228 100 221 96 7 4
2017.................. 195 113 186 107 9 6
2016…………… 173 96 162 88 11 8
2015…………… 189 119 181 109 8 10
2014a................. 148 99 139 92 9 7
2013.................. 196 144 184 133 12 11
Percent change in number
2021 to 2022.... -1.1 0.0 -0.7 -2.8 - -
2013 to 2022.... 43.9 -24.3 47.3 -22.6 - -
Notes: Hate Crime Prosecution Survey is conducted by the Criminal Justice Statistics Center in January following the reporting year.
The number of complaints filed by county district attorneys and elected city attorneys or the number of cases that resulted in
hate crime convictions cannot be linked to the number of hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies.
Dash indicates that percent changes are not calculated when the base number is less than 50.
a
Glenn County District Attorney did not report data for 2014.

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Table 11
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Events by Bias Motivation
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Percent change
Bias motivation
2013- 2021-
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2022 2022
Total................................................................ 863 100.0 758 100.0 837 100.0 931 100.0 1,093 100.0 1,066 100.0 1,015 100.0 1,330 100.0 1,763 100.0 2,120 100.0 145.7 20.2
Single-bias total............................................. 860 99.7 754 99.5 837 100.0 928 99.7 1,092 99.9 1,064 99.8 1,013 99.8 1,327 99.8 1,752 99.4 2,088 98.5 142.8 19.2

Race/ethnicity/national origin....................... 489 56.7 412 54.4 428 51.1 519 55.7 602 55.1 594 55.7 523 51.5 875 65.8 1,165 66.1 1,298 61.2 165.4 11.4
Anti-white.................................................. 38 4.4 28 3.7 34 4.1 56 6.0 47 4.3 48 4.5 39 3.8 82 6.2 83 4.7 103 4.9 - 24.1
Anti-black or African American.................. 285 33.0 238 31.4 231 27.6 251 27.0 302 27.6 276 25.9 243 23.9 456 34.3 513 29.1 652 30.8 128.8 27.1
Anti-Hispanic or Latino.............................. 64 7.4 60 7.9 81 9.7 83 8.9 126 11.5 149 14.0 110 10.8 152 11.4 197 11.2 210 9.9 228.1 6.6
Anti-American Indian/
Alaskan native......................................... 3 0.3 2 0.3 2 0.2 9 1.0 5 0.5 2 0.2 1 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.1 6 0.3 - -

Anti-Asian.................................................. 30 3.5 19 2.5 19 2.3 22 2.4 37 3.4 34 3.2 43 4.2 89 6.7 247 14.0 140 6.6 - -43.3
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1... - - - - 1 0.1 5 0.5 3 0.3 3 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 - -
Anti-Arab2................................................... 21 2.4 12 1.6 12 1.4 19 2.0 15 1.4 16 1.5 20 2.0 10 0.8 20 1.1 22 1.0 - -
Anti-multiple races (group)........................ 18 2.1 14 1.8 17 2.0 34 3.7 22 2.0 23 2.2 26 2.6 25 1.9 33 1.9 56 2.6 - -
Anti-other ethnicity/
national origin2......................................... 28 3.2 37 4.9 30 3.6 37 4.0 42 3.8 31 2.9 32 3.2 44 3.3 55 3.1 96 4.5 - 74.5
Anti-citizenship status............................... 2 0.2 2 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.3 3 0.3 12 1.1 9 0.9 15 1.1 14 0.8 13 0.6 - -

Religion........................................................ 129 14.9 127 16.8 190 22.7 171 18.4 207 18.9 201 18.9 208 20.5 180 13.5 218 12.4 303 14.3 134.9 39.0
Anti-Jewish................................................ 70 8.1 80 10.6 97 11.6 82 8.8 104 9.5 126 11.8 141 13.9 115 8.6 152 8.6 189 8.9 170.0 24.3
Anti-Catholic.............................................. 7 0.8 5 0.7 11 1.3 12 1.3 20 1.8 10 0.9 7 0.7 6 0.5 16 0.9 20 0.9 - -
Anti-Protestant.......................................... 3 0.3 2 0.3 3 0.4 2 0.2 7 0.6 1 0.1 1 0.1 3 0.2 2 0.1 12 0.6 - -
Anti-Islamic (Muslim)................................. 21 2.4 18 2.4 40 4.8 37 4.0 46 4.2 28 2.6 25 2.5 15 1.1 18 1.0 25 1.2 - -
3
Anti-Sikh .................................................... - - 2 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.1 5 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.3 0 0.0 4 0.2 - -

Anti-multiple religions (group)................... 4 0.5 2 0.3 9 1.1 4 0.4 3 0.3 5 0.5 7 0.7 2 0.2 5 0.3 4 0.2 - -
Anti-other religion...................................... 24 2.8 18 2.4 29 3.5 33 3.5 22 2.0 30 2.8 27 2.7 35 2.6 25 1.4 48 2.3 - -
Anti-atheism/
agnosticism/etc........................................ 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 - -

Sexual orientation........................................ 216 25.0 187 24.7 188 22.5 207 22.2 246 22.5 238 22.3 233 23.0 205 15.4 303 17.2 391 18.4 81.0 29.0
Anti-gay (male).......................................... 106 12.3 78 10.3 108 12.9 152 16.3 172 15.7 169 15.9 172 16.9 162 12.2 211 12.0 271 12.8 155.7 28.4
Anti-lesbian............................................... 27 3.1 27 3.6 25 3.0 18 1.9 20 1.8 24 2.3 22 2.2 18 1.4 27 1.5 33 1.6 - -
Anti-homosexual........................................ 77 8.9 79 10.4 48 5.7 32 3.4 45 4.1 41 3.8 35 3.4 21 1.6 61 3.5 81 3.8 5.2 32.8
Anti-heterosexual...................................... 3 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.4 4 0.4 6 0.5 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1 - -
Anti-bisexual.............................................. 3 0.3 2 0.3 4 0.5 1 0.1 3 0.3 3 0.3 3 0.3 4 0.3 4 0.2 4 0.2 - -

Physical/mental disability............................. 1 0.1 4 0.5 4 0.5 2 0.2 4 0.4 7 0.7 10 1.0 5 0.4 12 0.7 12 0.6 - -
Anti-physical disability............................... 0 0.0 2 0.3 4 0.5 2 0.2 2 0.2 3 0.3 6 0.6 4 0.3 6 0.3 7 0.3 - -
Anti-mental disability................................. 1 0.1 2 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.2 4 0.4 4 0.4 1 0.1 6 0.3 5 0.2 - -

Gender......................................................... 25 2.9 24 3.2 27 3.2 29 3.1 33 3.0 24 2.3 39 3.8 62 4.7 54 3.1 84 4.0 - 55.6
Anti-male................................................... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 2 0.1 - -
Anti-female................................................ 0 0.0 2 0.3 1 0.1 1 0.1 4 0.4 4 0.4 7 0.7 3 0.2 8 0.5 11 0.5 - -
Anti-transgender........................................ 24 2.8 22 2.9 24 2.9 25 2.7 27 2.5 19 1.8 29 2.9 54 4.1 38 2.2 59 2.8 - -
Anti-gender non-conforming....................... 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 2 0.2 2 0.2 1 0.1 3 0.3 5 0.4 7 0.4 12 0.6 - -

Multiple-bias total........................................... 3 0.3 4 0.5 0 0.0 3 0.3 1 0.1 2 0.2 2 0.2 3 0.2 11 0.6 32 1.5 - -
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
Dash indicates that percent changes are not calculated when the base number is less than 50, or that no data were reported.
1
Reporting of anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander began in 2015.
2
Data do not match previously published reports due to the separation of anti-Arab bias type from anti-other ethnicity/national origin bias type.
3
Reporting of anti-Sikh bias motivation began in 2014.

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Table 12
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Offenses by Bias Motivation
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Percent change
Bias motivation
2013- 2021-
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2022 2022
Total................................................................. 1,072 100.0 979 100.0 1,057 100.0 1,190 100.0 1,315 100.0 1,268 100.0 1,261 100.0 1,563 100.0 2,221 100.0 2,589 100.0 141.5 16.6
Single-bias total.............................................. 1,066 99.4 966 98.7 1,057 100.0 1,184 99.5 1,311 99.7 1,264 99.7 1,254 99.4 1,557 99.6 2,203 99.2 2,549 98.5 139.1 15.7
Race/ethnicity/national origin....................... 624 58.2 551 56.3 560 53.0 672 56.5 742 56.4 725 57.2 665 52.7 1,053 67.4 1,454 65.5 1,589 61.4 154.6 9.3

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Anti-white................................................... 43 4.0 40 4.1 42 4.0 75 6.3 54 4.1 58 4.6 41 3.3 96 6.1 102 4.6 123 4.8 - 20.6
Anti-black or African American................. 367 34.2 312 31.9 300 28.4 333 28.0 363 27.6 346 27.3 297 23.6 522 33.4 597 26.9 778 30.1 112.0 30.3
Anti-Hispanic or Latino.............................. 87 8.1 80 8.2 106 10.0 114 9.6 159 12.1 178 14.0 154 12.2 204 13.1 275 12.4 280 10.8 221.8 1.8
Anti-American Indian/
Alaskan native......................................... 3 0.3 3 0.3 2 0.2 10 0.8 6 0.5 2 0.2 1 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 7 0.3 - -
Anti-Asian.................................................. 43 4.0 26 2.7 27 2.6 34 2.9 51 3.9 40 3.2 58 4.6 107 6.8 302 13.6 172 6.6 - -43.0
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1.. - - - - 1 0.1 5 0.4 4 0.3 3 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 - -
2
Anti-Arab ................................................... 25 2.3 16 1.6 17 1.6 19 1.6 23 1.7 20 1.6 31 2.5 12 0.8 28 1.3 24 0.9 - -
Anti-multiple races (group)........................ 24 2.2 27 2.8 21 2.0 40 3.4 32 2.4 27 2.1 36 2.9 35 2.2 46 2.1 72 2.8 - -
Anti-other ethnicity/
national origin2......................................... 30 2.8 45 4.6 43 4.1 38 3.2 46 3.5 34 2.7 38 3.0 55 3.5 63 2.8 118 4.6 - 87.3
Anti-citizenship status............................... 2 0.2 2 0.2 1 0.1 4 0.3 4 0.3 17 1.3 9 0.7 20 1.3 38 1.7 15 0.6 - -
Religion........................................................ 154 14.4 144 14.7 219 20.7 232 19.5 235 17.9 222 17.5 267 21.2 193 12.3 300 13.5 365 14.1 137.0 21.7
Anti-Jewish................................................ 86 8.0 85 8.7 109 10.3 137 11.5 115 8.7 136 10.7 165 13.1 122 7.8 227 10.2 228 8.8 165.1 0.4
Anti-Catholic.............................................. 7 0.7 5 0.5 14 1.3 13 1.1 20 1.5 11 0.9 7 0.6 6 0.4 17 0.8 23 0.9 - -
Anti-Protestant.......................................... 3 0.3 2 0.2 3 0.3 3 0.3 7 0.5 1 0.1 1 0.1 3 0.2 2 0.1 12 0.5 - -
Anti-Islamic (Muslim)................................. 27 2.5 22 2.2 51 4.8 40 3.4 54 4.1 35 2.8 49 3.9 20 1.3 21 0.9 33 1.3 - -
3
Anti-Sikh .................................................... - - 4 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.1 9 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.3 0 0.0 5 0.2 - -
Anti-multiple religions (group)................... 6 0.6 2 0.2 9 0.9 4 0.3 4 0.3 5 0.4 7 0.6 2 0.1 5 0.2 5 0.2 - -
Anti-other religion...................................... 25 2.3 24 2.5 32 3.0 34 2.9 26 2.0 32 2.5 38 3.0 35 2.2 28 1.3 58 2.2 - -
Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc.................... 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 - -
Sexual orientation........................................ 256 23.9 240 24.5 242 22.9 248 20.8 292 22.2 280 22.1 263 20.9 235 15.0 373 16.8 482 18.6 88.3 29.2
Anti-gay (male).......................................... 126 11.8 91 9.3 142 13.4 180 15.1 200 15.2 204 16.1 198 15.7 182 11.6 251 11.3 323 12.5 156.3 28.7
Anti-lesbian................................................ 31 2.9 44 4.5 35 3.3 24 2.0 23 1.7 29 2.3 25 2.0 21 1.3 31 1.4 43 1.7 - -
Anti-homosexual....................................... 92 8.6 102 10.4 57 5.4 38 3.2 57 4.3 43 3.4 36 2.9 28 1.8 86 3.9 109 4.2 18.5 26.7
Anti-heterosexual...................................... 4 0.4 1 0.1 3 0.3 5 0.4 9 0.7 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1 - -
Anti-bisexual.............................................. 3 0.3 2 0.2 5 0.5 1 0.1 3 0.2 3 0.2 3 0.2 4 0.3 5 0.2 5 0.2 - -
Physical/mental disability............................. 5 0.5 4 0.4 8 0.8 2 0.2 5 0.4 8 0.6 10 0.8 5 0.3 14 0.6 13 0.5 - -
Anti-physical disability............................... 0 0.0 2 0.2 8 0.8 2 0.2 2 0.2 4 0.3 6 0.5 4 0.3 6 0.3 8 0.3 - -
Anti-mental disability................................. 5 0.5 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.2 4 0.3 4 0.3 1 0.1 8 0.4 5 0.2 - -
Gender......................................................... 27 2.5 27 2.8 28 2.6 30 2.5 37 2.8 29 2.3 49 3.9 71 4.5 62 2.8 100 3.9 - 61.3
Anti-male................................................... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 4 0.2 - -
Anti-female................................................ 0 0.0 2 0.2 2 0.2 1 0.1 4 0.3 5 0.4 9 0.7 3 0.2 8 0.4 13 0.5 - -
Anti-transgender........................................ 26 2.4 25 2.6 24 2.3 25 2.1 31 2.4 22 1.7 36 2.9 62 4.0 46 2.1 69 2.7 - -
Anti-gender non-conforming....................... 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 2 0.2 2 0.2 2 0.2 4 0.3 6 0.4 7 0.3 14 0.5 - -
Multiple-bias total........................................... 6 0.6 13 1.3 0 0.0 6 0.5 4 0.3 4 0.3 7 0.6 6 0.4 18 0.8 40 1.5 - -
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
Dash indicates that percent changes are not calculated when the base number is less than 50, or that no data were reported.
1
Reporting of anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander began in 2015.
2
Data do not match previously published reports due to the separation of anti-Arab bias type from anti-other ethnicity/national origin bias type.
3
Reporting of anti-Sikh bias motivation began in 2014.
Table 13
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Offenses by Type of Crime
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Percent change
Type of crime
2013- 2021-
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2022 2022
Total............................................. 1,072 100.0 979 100.0 1,057 100.0 1,190 100.0 1,315 100.0 1,268 100.0 1,261 100.0 1,563 100.0 2,221 100.0 2,589 100.0 141.5 16.6

Single-bias total........................... 1,066 99.4 966 98.7 1,057 100.0 1,184 99.5 1,311 99.7 1,264 99.7 1,254 99.4 1,557 99.6 2,203 99.2 2,549 98.5 139.1 15.7

Violent crimes............................ 680 63.4 653 66.7 727 68.8 767 64.5 860 65.4 838 66.1 864 68.5 1,088 69.6 1,604 72.2 1,790 69.1 163.2 11.6
Murder.................................... 0 0.0 1 0.1 3 0.3 0 0.0 3 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1 - -
Rape...................................... 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 3 0.2 3 0.2 6 0.3 3 0.1 - -
Robbery.................................. 38 3.5 31 3.2 29 2.7 32 2.7 55 4.2 39 3.1 40 3.2 51 3.3 54 2.4 81 3.1 - 50.0
Aggravated assault................. 153 14.3 185 18.9 212 20.1 189 15.9 242 18.4 239 18.8 290 23.0 327 20.9 511 23.0 507 19.6 231.4 -0.8
Simple assault........................ 250 23.3 201 20.5 237 22.4 237 19.9 259 19.7 286 22.6 270 21.4 358 22.9 499 22.5 602 23.3 140.8 20.6
Intimidation............................. 238 22.2 235 24.0 246 23.3 308 25.9 301 22.9 273 21.5 260 20.6 349 22.3 532 24.0 588 22.7 147.1 10.5
Fondling1………………… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0.1 1 0.0 - -
Kidnapping/abduction1…………… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 0.2 - -

Property crimes......................... 386 36.0 313 32.0 330 31.2 417 35.0 451 34.3 426 33.6 390 30.9 469 30.0 599 27.0 759 29.3 96.6 26.7
Burglary.................................. 21 2.0 12 1.2 11 1.0 16 1.3 18 1.4 8 0.6 12 1.0 13 0.8 14 0.6 13 0.5 - -
Larceny-theft.......................... 6 0.6 7 0.7 3 0.3 7 0.6 6 0.5 11 0.9 5 0.4 9 0.6 19 0.9 19 0.7 - -
Motor vehicle theft.................. 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 4 0.3 1 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 2 0.1 - -
Arson...................................... 7 0.7 5 0.5 5 0.5 19 1.6 15 1.1 12 0.9 11 0.9 16 1.0 12 0.5 15 0.6 - -
Destruction/vandalism............ 350 32.6 289 29.5 311 29.4 373 31.3 412 31.3 391 30.8 361 28.6 429 27.4 550 24.8 699 27.0 99.7 27.1
False pretense/swindle1… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0.0 2 0.1 - -
Weapons law violation1…. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0.0 8 0.3 - -
Hacking/computer invasion1…… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0.0

Multiple-bias total......................... 6 0.6 13 1.3 0 0.0 6 0.5 4 0.3 4 0.3 7 0.6 6 0.4 18 0.8 40 1.5 - -
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
Dash indicates that percent changes are not calculated when the base number is less than 50, or that no data were reported.
1
New category added in 2021 due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for further information.

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Table 14
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Offenses by Location
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Percent change
Location
2013- 2021-
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2022 2022
Total........................................................... 1,072 100.0 979 100.0 1,057 100.0 1,190 100.0 1,315 100.0 1,268 100.0 1,261 100.0 1,563 100.0 2,221 100.0 2,589 100.0 141.5 16.6
Single-bias total........................................ 1,066 99.4 966 98.7 1,057 100.0 1,184 99.5 1,311 99.7 1,264 99.7 1,254 99.4 1,557 99.6 2,203 99.2 2,549 98.5 139.4 15.8
Abandoned/condemned structure........... 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 2 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 4 0.3 1 0.0 2 0.1 - -
Air/bus/train terminal............................... 27 2.5 32 3.3 32 3.0 33 2.8 20 1.5 35 2.8 30 2.4 42 2.7 63 2.8 52 2.0 - -17.5
Amusement park...................................... 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 - -
Arena/stadium/fairgrounds/coliseum....... 0 0.0 5 0.5 0 0.0 2 0.2 3 0.2 2 0.2 3 0.2 3 0.2 2 0.1 6 0.2 - -

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Bank/savings and loan........................... 2 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 2 0.2 6 0.5 3 0.2 2 0.1 2 0.1 - -
Bar/night club.......................................... 21 2.0 9 0.9 23 2.2 19 1.6 17 1.3 13 1.0 18 1.4 6 0.4 25 1.1 36 1.4 - -
Camp/campground.................................. 1 0.1 0 0.0 5 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.1 3 0.2 0 0.0 5 0.3 9 0.4 1 0.0 - -
Church/synagogue/temple...................... 51 4.8 36 3.7 63 6.0 65 5.5 77 5.9 54 4.3 83 6.6 47 3.0 113 5.1 111 4.3 117.6 -1.8
Commercial/office building..................... 20 1.9 7 0.7 13 1.2 29 2.4 40 3.0 27 2.1 42 3.3 45 2.9 76 3.4 47 1.8 - -38.2
Community center1................................... - - 4 0.4 7 0.7 2 0.2 5 0.4 7 0.6 5 0.4 13 0.8 10 0.5 11 0.4 - -
Construction site..................................... 2 0.2 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 4 0.3 1 0.1 10 0.6 2 0.1 13 0.5 - -
Convenience store................................. 12 1.1 10 1.0 9 0.9 12 1.0 15 1.1 22 1.7 18 1.4 23 1.5 32 1.4 60 2.3 - -
Daycare facility......................................... 1 0.1 1 0.1 6 0.6 1 0.1 2 0.2 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 0.2 - -
Department/discount store..................... 5 0.5 4 0.4 7 0.7 3 0.3 12 0.9 22 1.7 12 1.0 12 0.8 31 1.4 26 1.0 - -
Dock/wharf/freight/modal terminal........... 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.1 3 0.2 1 0.0 1 0.0 - -
Drug store/Dr.'s office/hospital............... 4 0.4 4 0.4 9 0.9 5 0.4 11 0.8 12 0.9 9 0.7 11 0.7 33 1.5 44 1.7 - -
Farm facility.............................................. 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.1 4 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 - -
Field/woods/park.................................... 22 2.1 5 0.5 5 0.5 7 0.6 12 0.9 10 0.8 13 1.0 5 0.3 4 0.2 10 0.4 - -
Gambling facility/casino/race track.......... 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 - -
Government/public building.................... 12 1.1 15 1.5 7 0.7 15 1.3 7 0.5 21 1.7 20 1.6 15 1.0 21 0.9 29 1.1 - -
Grocery/supermarket.............................. 12 1.1 11 1.1 14 1.3 15 1.3 14 1.1 20 1.6 17 1.3 32 2.0 36 1.6 29 1.1 - -
Highway/road/alley/street....................... 263 24.5 264 27.0 283 26.8 252 21.2 305 23.2 342 27.0 343 27.2 443 28.3 607 27.3 588 22.7 124.0 -3.0
Hotel/motel/etc........................................ 5 0.5 4 0.4 6 0.6 3 0.3 9 0.7 24 1.9 5 0.4 23 1.5 16 0.7 28 1.1 - -
Industrial site............................................ 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.2 4 0.2 1 0.0 - -
Jail/prison................................................ 35 3.3 15 1.5 16 1.5 33 2.8 12 0.9 14 1.1 26 2.1 11 0.7 22 1.0 20 0.8 - -
Lake/waterway/beach............................. 0 0.0 2 0.2 4 0.4 1 0.1 9 0.7 1 0.1 4 0.3 14 0.9 10 0.5 7 0.3 - -
Liquor store............................................. 4 0.4 3 0.3 7 0.7 5 0.4 7 0.5 2 0.2 11 0.9 15 1.0 13 0.6 7 0.3 - -
Park/playground....................................... 26 2.4 24 2.5 43 4.1 37 3.1 29 2.2 22 1.7 51 4.0 81 5.2 57 2.6 88 3.4 - 54.4
Parking lot/garage................................... 60 5.6 90 9.2 67 6.3 70 5.9 102 7.8 83 6.5 100 7.9 145 9.3 147 6.6 186 7.2 211.7 27.2
Rental storage facility............................. 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.0 3 0.1 - -
Residence/home/driveway..................... 281 26.2 261 26.7 285 27.0 316 26.6 320 24.3 280 22.1 237 18.8 347 22.2 424 19.1 617 23.8 119.2 45.3
Rest area.................................................. 0 0.0 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 - -
Restaurant.............................................. 25 2.3 27 2.8 24 2.3 15 1.3 52 4.0 61 4.8 37 2.9 56 3.6 117 5.3 77 3.0 - -35.0
School, college/university........................ 49 4.6 26 2.7 30 2.8 59 5.0 33 2.5 28 2.2 38 3.0 19 1.2 39 1.8 98 3.8 - -
School, elementary/secondary................ 60 5.6 65 6.6 34 3.2 111 9.3 88 6.7 59 4.7 60 4.8 51 3.3 110 5.0 168 6.5 180.0 52.7
Service/gas station................................. 9 0.8 4 0.4 9 0.9 8 0.7 13 1.0 15 1.2 12 1.0 11 0.7 23 1.0 27 1.0 - -
Shelter/mission/homeless........................ 1 0.1 1 0.1 1 0.1 7 0.6 1 0.1 4 0.3 4 0.3 2 0.1 3 0.1 6 0.2 - -
Shopping mall………….................……… 6 0.6 5 0.5 4 0.4 3 0.3 10 0.8 9 0.7 2 0.2 6 0.4 18 0.8 11 0.4 - -
Specialty store (TV, fur, etc.).................. 6 0.6 6 0.6 6 0.6 7 0.6 11 0.8 13 1.0 8 0.6 14 0.9 27 1.2 25 1.0 - -
Tribal lands............................................... 3 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.0 - -
Other/unknown........................................ 38 3.5 23 2.3 34 3.2 42 3.5 67 5.1 44 3.5 32 2.5 35 2.2 101 4.5 103 4.0 - 3.0
Multiple-bias total....................................... 6 0.6 13 1.3 0 0.0 6 0.5 4 0.3 4 0.3 7 0.6 6 0.4 18 0.8 40 1.5 - -
Notes: Percentages may not add to subtotals or 100.0 because of rounding.
Dash indicates that percent changes are not calculated when the base number is less than 50, or that no data were reported.
1
Location added in 2014.
Table 15
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Events, Offenses, Victims, and Suspects
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Events ................ 863 758 837 931 1,093 1,066 1,015 1,330 1,763 2,120
Offenses ............ 1,072 979 1,057 1,190 1,315 1,268 1,261 1,563 2,221 2,589
Victims ............... 1,045 943 1,041 1,145 1,270 1,237 1,247 1,536 2,180 2,474
Suspects ............ 875 799 838 982 1,013 1,093 967 1,171 1,654 2,031

Table 16
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Events by Location
Location 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total .................................................. 863 758 837 931 1,093 1,066 1,015 1,330 1,763 2,120
Church/synagogue/temple ............. 44 36 59 62 73 50 66 47 69 83
Highway/road/alley/street ............... 218 212 225 215 253 303 280 391 485 491
Parking lot/garage ........................... 52 70 51 61 81 70 77 121 125 153
Residence/home/driveway ............. 222 193 217 222 250 220 179 285 338 458
School, college/university ............... 40 22 26 53 32 28 28 19 23 82
School, elementary/secondary ....... 46 47 34 62 86 54 60 45 83 157
All other locations ........................... 241 178 225 256 318 341 325 422 640 696

Table 17
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Events by Bias Motivation
Bias motivation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total ................................................ 860 754 837 928 1,092 1,064 1,013 1,327 1,752 2,088
Race/ethnicity/national origin ........ 489 412 428 519 602 594 523 875 1,165 1,298
Religion ......................................... 129 127 190 171 207 201 208 180 218 303
Sexual orientation ......................... 216 187 188 207 246 238 233 205 303 391
Physical/mental disability .............. 1 4 4 2 4 7 10 5 12 12
Gender .......................................... 25 24 27 29 33 24 39 62 54 84

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Table 18
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Events by Race/Ethnicity/National Origin
Race/ethnicity/national origin 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Total ............................................................... 489 412 428 519 602 594 523 875 1,165 1,298
Anti-white ..................................................... 38 28 34 56 47 48 39 82 83 103
Anti-black or African American .................... 285 238 231 251 302 276 243 456 513 652
Anti-Hispanic or Latino ................................ 64 60 81 83 126 149 110 152 197 210
Anti-American Indian/Alaskan Native ......... 3 2 2 9 5 2 1 2 2 6
Anti-Asian .................................................... 30 19 19 22 37 34 43 89 247 140
Anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander¹ ... - - 1 5 3 3 0 0 1 0
Anti-Arab² ..................................................... 21 12 12 19 15 16 20 10 20 22
Anti-multiple races (group) .......................... 18 14 17 34 22 23 26 25 33 56
Anti-other ethnicity/national origin ............... 28 37 30 37 42 31 32 44 55 96
Anti-citizenship status .................................. 2 2 1 3 3 12 9 15 14 13
1
Reporting of anti-Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander bias motivation began in 2015.
2
Data do not match previously published reports due to the separation of anti-Arab bias type from anti-other ethnicity/national origin bias type.

Table 19
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Events by Religion
Religion 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total ............................................. 129 127 190 171 207 201 208 180 218 303
Anti-Jewish ................................. 70 80 97 82 104 126 141 115 152 189
Anti-Catholic ............................... 7 5 11 12 20 10 7 6 16 20
Anti-Protestant ........................... 3 2 3 2 7 1 1 3 2 12
Anti-Islamic (Muslim) .................. 21 18 40 37 46 28 25 15 18 25
Anti-Sikh¹ ................................... - 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 0 4
Anti-multiple religions (group) ..... 4 2 9 4 3 5 7 2 5 4
Anti-other religion ....................... 24 18 29 33 22 30 27 35 25 48
Anti-atheism/agnosticism/etc ...... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1
Reporting of anti-Sikh bias motivation began in 2014.

Table 20
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Events by Sexual Orientation
Sexual orientation 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total.......................................... 216 187 188 207 246 238 233 205 303 391
Anti-gay (male)........................ 106 78 108 152 172 169 172 162 211 271
Anti-lesbian............................. 27 27 25 18 20 24 22 18 27 33
Anti-homosexual..................... 77 79 48 32 45 41 35 21 61 81
Anti-heterosexual.................... 3 1 3 4 6 1 1 0 0 2
Anti-bisexual........................... 3 2 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 4

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Table 21
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Events by Gender
Gender 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Total .......................................... 25 24 27 29 33 24 39 62 54 84
Anti-male ................................ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Anti-female ............................. 0 2 1 1 4 4 7 3 8 11
Anti-transgender ..................... 24 22 24 25 27 19 29 54 38 59
Anti-gender non-conforming ... 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 5 7 12

Table 22
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Offenses by Category
Category 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total .......................................... 1,066 966 1,057 1,184 1,311 1,264 1,254 1,557 2,203 2,549
Violent crime ........................... 680 653 727 767 860 838 864 1,088 1,604 1,790
Property crime ........................ 386 313 330 417 451 426 390 469 599 759

Table 23
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Offenses by Type of Violent Crime
Violent crime 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total........................................... 680 653 727 767 860 838 864 1,088 1,604 1,790
Murder..................................... 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3
Rape........................................ 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 6 3
Robbery................................... 38 31 29 32 55 39 40 51 54 81
Aggravated assault.................. 153 185 212 189 242 239 290 327 511 507
Simple assault......................... 250 201 237 237 259 286 270 358 499 602
Intimidation.............................. 238 235 246 308 301 273 260 349 532 588
1
Fondling ………………………. - - - - - - - - 2 1
1
Kidnapping/abduction ………… - - - - - - - - - 5
1
New category added in 2021 due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for
further information.

Table 24
HATE CRIMES, 2013-2022
Single-Bias Offenses by Type of Property Crime
Property crime 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total........................................... 386 313 330 417 451 426 390 469 599 759
Burglary................................... 21 12 11 16 18 8 12 13 14 13
Larceny-theft............................ 6 7 3 7 6 11 5 9 19 19
Motor vehicle theft................... 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 2
Arson....................................... 7 5 5 19 15 12 11 16 12 15
Destruction/vandalism............. 350 289 311 373 412 391 361 429 550 699
False pretense/swindle1……… - - - - - - - - 1 2
Weapons law violation1………. - - - - - - - - 1 8
Hacking/computer invasion1…. - - - - - - - - - 1
1
New category added in 2021 due to the implementation of incident based reporting. Please see Data Characteristics for
further information.

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Appendix:
Glossary
Aggravated Assault – An unlawful attack by one person upon another wherein the offender uses
a dangerous weapon or displays it in a threatening manner or the victim suffers obvious severe or
aggravated bodily injury, or where there was a risk for serious injury/intent to seriously injure.

Ancestry Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people based on their
common lineage or descent.

Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their race,
ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or physical/mental
disability.

Bisexual – (adjective) Of or relating to people who are physically, romantically, and/or emotionally
attracted to both men and women.

Case – A set of facts about a crime that is referred to a district attorney for filing with a court. The case
may charge one or more persons with the commission of one or more offenses. (For this report, the
case must contain some element of bias.)

Complaints Filed – Any verified written accusation, filed by a district attorney with a criminal court, that
charges one or more persons with the commission of one or more offenses. (For this report, the case
must contain some element of bias.)

Conviction – A judgment based on the verdict of a jury or a judicial officer or on a guilty plea or a nolo
contendere plea of the defendant.

Disability Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their
physical or mental impairments, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or
acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age, or illness.

Disposition – In criminal procedure, the sentencing or other final settlement of a criminal case.

Ethnic Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of people whose members
identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, common
culture (often including a shared religion) and/or ideology that stresses common ancestry. The concept
of ethnicity differs from the closely related term race in that “race” refers to grouping based mostly
upon biological criteria, while “ethnicity” also encompasses additional cultural factors.

Event – An occurrence where a hate crime is involved. (In this report, the information about the event is
a crime report or source document that meets the criteria for a hate crime.) There may be one or more
suspects involved, one or more victims targeted, and one or more offenses involved for each event.

Gay – (adjective) Of or relating to people who are physically, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted
to people of the same sex.

Gender Bias – (noun) A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group of persons
based on their actual or perceived gender, i.e., male or female.

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Gender Identity Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group of
persons based on their actual or perceived gender identity, e.g., bias against transgender or gender
nonconforming individuals.

Gender Non-Conforming – (adjective) Describes a person who does not conform to the gender-
based expectations of society, e.g., a woman dressed in traditionally male clothing or a man wearing
makeup.

Guilty Plea – A defendant’s formal answer in open court stating that the charge is true and that he or
she is guilty of the crime charged.

Hate Crime – A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an
offender’s bias(es) against a race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual
orientation, or physical/mental disability.

Heterosexual – (adjective) Of or relating to people who are physically, romantically, and/or


emotionally attracted to people of the opposite sex.

Homosexual – (adjective) Of or relating to people who are physically, romantically, and/or


emotionally attracted to people of the same sex.

Known Suspect – Any person alleged to have committed a criminal act or attempted criminal act to
cause physical injury, emotional suffering, or property damage. The known suspect category contains
the number of suspects that have been identified and/or alleged to have committed hate crimes
as stated in the crime report. For example, witnesses observe three suspects fleeing the scene of a
crime. The word “known” does not necessarily refer to specific identities.

Lesbian – (adjective) Of or relating to women who are physically, romantically, and/or emotionally
attracted to other women.

Location – The place where the hate crime event occurred. The location categories follow UCR
location specifications developed by the FBI. Examples are residence, hotel, bar, church, etc.

Mental Disability – Any mental impairment or psychological disorder such as organic brain syndrome,
emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. (Americans with Disabilities Act)

Multi-Racial – A hate crime that involves more than one victim or suspect, and where the victims or
suspects are from two or more different race groups, such as African American and white or Hispanic
and Asian.

Nolo Contendere – A plea or answer in a criminal action in which the accused does not admit guilt
but agrees to be subject to the same punishment as if he or she were guilty.

Offenses – Criminal acts that are recorded as follows: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault,
burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, simple assault, fondling, kidnapping/abduction,
intimidation, destruction/vandalism, false pretense/swindle, hacking/computer invasion, and
weapons law violation as defined in the UCR and the national Hate Crimes Statistics Report.

“Other” Values – Capture bias types not specifically called out in their respective categories.

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Physical Disability – Any physical impairment; any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic
disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more of the following body systems: neurological,
musculoskeletal, special sense organs, respiratory (including Version 3.0, 3/1/2022 10 speech organs),
cardiovascular, reproductive, digestive, genitourinary, hemic and lymphatic, skin, and endocrine.
(Americans with Disabilities Act)

Property Crimes – Burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, destruction/vandalism, false
pretense/swindle, hacking/computer invasion and weapons law violation are reported as property
crimes. (weapons law violation is included in crimes against society in the FBI Hate Crimes Statistics
Report.)

Racial Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who possess
common physical characteristics, e.g., color of skin, eyes, and/or hair, facial features, etc., genetically
transmitted by descent and heredity which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind, e.g.,
Asians, Blacks or African Americans, Whites.

Religious Bias – A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share
the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or
nonexistence of a supreme being, e.g., Catholics, Jews, Protestants, atheists.

Sexual-Orientation Bias – (noun) A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group
of persons based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation.

Sexual-Orientation – (noun) The term for a person’s physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to
members of the same and/or opposite sex, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual (straight)
individuals.

Simple Assault – An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender
displays a dangerous weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury
involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of
consciousness.

Transgender – (adjective) Of or relating to a person who identifies as a different gender from their
gender as assigned at birth, including non-binary people.

Trial Verdict – The finding or answer of a jury or judge concerning a matter submitted to them for their
judgment.

Uniform Crime Reporting – A federal reporting system that provides data on crime based on police
statistics submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. The DOJ administers and
forwards the data for California to the federal program.

Victim – An individual, a business or financial institution, a religious organization, a government entity,


or other. For example, if a church or synagogue is vandalized or desecrated, the victim would be a
religious organization.

Violent Crimes – Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping/abduction, simple assault,
fondling, and intimidation are considered violent crimes in this report. (Robbery is included in crimes
against property in the FBI Hate Crimes Statistics Report.)

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Acknowledgments
The DOJ is mandated by California Penal Code section 13023 to submit an annual
Hate Crime in California report. The department extends its appreciation to all the
law enforcement agencies and attorney offices that provided complete and timely data.
This report would not have been possible without their cooperation.

California Department of Justice


California Justice Information Services Division
Justice Data & Investigative Services Bureau
Criminal Justice Statistics Center
P.O. Box 903427 • Sacramento, CA 94203-4270
https://openjustice.doj.ca.gov

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