Guides: CRIM 245 (Swauncy-Coleman): Hate/Bias Crimes: Data & Statistics

Data, Statistics, and Reports

Organizations and government agencies produce reports, statistics, and data about hate crimes.

Anti-Defamation League: Center on Extremism
Tracks extremist trends, ideologies and groups across the ideological spectrum.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Search for "hate crimes" to find reports about victimization, prosecutions, and statistics.
Chicago Police Department: Hate Crimes Reports
Summary data on hate crimes in Chicago.
FBI Crime Data Explorer:Hate Crime
Includes hate crime data from 2020 about motivation, victims, and offenders; Earlier hate crime statistics are published as reports.
FBI Hate Crime Statistics Reports
Annual publication, 1996-2019. Later statistics can be found in the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center tracks hate and anit-government groups. Look in “Find Resources” for “Tracking Hate.”
US Department of Justice: Hate Crimes
See the “Facts & Statistics” tab and “State Data” tab which includes state data, example cases, and news