By bias motivation (Based on Table 1.)

An analysis of data for victims of single-bias hate crime incidents showed that:

• 58.9 percent of the victims were targeted because of the offenders’ bias against race/ethnicity/ancestry.

• 21.1 percent were victimized because of bias against religion.

• 16.7 percent were targeted because of bias against sexual orientation.

• 1.7 percent were victims of gender-identity bias.

• 1.0 percent were targeted because of bias against disability.

• 0.5 percent (36 individuals) were victims of gender bias.

Further examination of these bias categories showed the following details: 

Racial/Ethnicity/Ancestry bias (Based on Table 1.)

Among single-bias hate crime incidents in 2016, there were 4,426 victims of race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated hate crime.

• 50.2 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders’ anti-Black or African American bias.

• 20.5 percent were victims of anti-White bias.

• 10.9 percent were victims of anti-Hispanic or Latino bias.

• 4.3 percent were victims of bias against a group of individuals in which more than one race was represented (anti-multiple races, group).

• 3.8 percent were victims of anti-American Indian or Alaska Native bias.

• 3.1 percent were victims of anti-Asian bias.

• 1.3 percent were victims of anti-Arab bias.

• 0.2 percent (9 individuals) were victims of anti-Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander bias.

• 5.7 percent were victims of anti-Other Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry bias.