Saturday, April 24, 2010

Hate Crime Statistics

10There are no statistics for 2009 yet.

2008 - Total Incidents are 7,783 with a total of 9,168 offenses, 9,691 victims and 6,927 offenders.

The majority of the crimes involving minorities were Anti-Black with a total of 3.596 victims.  It was followed by Anti-Jewish with 1,145 victims, Anti-Male Homosexual follows with 981 victims and Anti-Hispanic is next with 792 victims. 

That compared to Anti-White 829 victims and Anti-Protestant at 62 victims.  Anti-Catholic was 89 and Anti-Atheist/Agnostic 14 victims.

2007 - Total Incidents 7,624 with a total 9.006 offenses, 9,535 victims and 6,965 offenders.  The specific demographics are about the same.

That remains true for 2006 approximately.

2005 are slightly different with a total incidence of 7,163 with total offenses of 8,380, number of victims 8.804 and a total number of offenders of 6,804.

The demographics are Anti-Black 3,322 victims, Anti-Jewish 977 victims, Anti-Male Homosexual 743 victims and Anti-Hispanic 722.

The man in the picture has a gash on his forehead and his jaw wired to allow it to heal.

To compare, Anti-White 975 victims, Anti-Protestant 58 and Anti-Catholic 61 victims.

2004, is somewhat higher 7,649 criminal incidents with 9,035 offenses, 9,528 victims, and 7,145 known offenders.

The statistics remain in that trend with the beginnings of the records in 1995 when the initial demographics were higher.  There were a total of 7,947 incidents, with 9,895 offenses, for a total of 10,469 victims and known offenders totaling 8,433.

Anti-Black was 3,945 victims, Anti-Jewish 1,236, Anti-Male Homosexual 937 and Anti-Hispanic 346.  
Compared to Anti-White numbering 1,554, Anti-Protestant 65 and Anti-Catholic 53.

What is remarkable is that the number of incidents is basically the same every year.  It will be interesting to realize the difference, if any, for 2009, both the first six months and the second six months.