Hate by the numbers
FBI hate crime stats
The FBI just released its Hate Crime Statistics report, which includes data submitted by more than 16,000 agencies across the country. The 7,120 hate crimes reported in 2018 are about the same as 2017. That year, President Donald Trump’s first in office, the number of reported hate crimes rose dramatically, from 6,063 the previous year to 7,175—a 15.5 percent jump. Chico is not listed as one of the reporting agencies. Oroville, however, reported one race/ethnicity/ancestry related hate crime in 2018. Here are some notable findings from 2018 across the country.
• 7,036 crimes were single-bias incidences
• Of those, 57.5 percent were motivated by race/ethnicity/ancestry
• 20.2 percent were based on religious bias
• 17 percent were motivated by sexual orientation
