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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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
APPENDICES
Appendix Glossary............................................................................................................................... 36
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.
Offenses
Type of crime Percent of Percent of
Number
total category
Total............................................ 2,589 100.0
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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.
Placer............................................................. 9 1 2
Plumas........................................................... 1 1 0
Riverside........................................................ 22 17 2
Sacramento.................................................... 20 3 15
San Benito...................................................... 1 1 0
(continued)
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)