The FBI registered 10,840 cases of hate crimes in 2021, up from 8,052 in 2020, according to a supplement to the agency’s annual report on hate crimes.
The number of anti-Black hate crimes increased by 14 percent to 3,277. Anti-Asian bias events grew by 167 percent to 746, while anti-White bias incidents increased by 27 percent to 1,107.
Anti-Asian bias events grew by 167 percent to 746, while anti-White bias incidents increased by 27 percent to 1,107.
The FBI released its annual report on hate crimes in December, detailing 7,262 instances in 2021. As many as 4,000 law enforcement organizations were unable to transfer to the FBI’s new data collection method, so the report was based on inadequate data.
According to Voice of America, the FBI’s new data collection system, NIBRS, captures more precise details and context about crime, such as the date and time of an event and the relationship between a victim and offender, enabling police departments to combat crime more effectively.
For its updated 2021 report on hate crimes, the FBI gathered information from 11,883 of the nation’s 18,812 law enforcement agencies.
In 2021, the FBI documented 6,643 hate crimes, a 27 percent increase from the 5,223 crimes recorded in 2020.
Black Americans were the most frequently targeted based on their race or ethnicity, with approximately one victim of anti-Black hatred reported for every 12,000 Black people nationwide.
In 2021, the FBI registered 3,277 cases of anti-Black hate crimes, with 3,906 victims.
Asian-Americans were also disproportionately targeted, with approximately one victim every 23,000 members of this community. 746 instances targeted 845 Asian Americans in all.
The FBI also identified 909 victims of anti-Hispanic hate crimes across 698 occurrences, or nearly one victim for every 70,000 Hispanics in the United States.
White victims of hate crimes were numerically the second largest group of racially targeted victims, after Black Americans, but proportionately they were…
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