Yesterday, the FBI
released its
Hate Crime Statistics 2016. During the year, 6,121 hate crime incidents (including 6,063 single-bias incidents) were reported to law enforcement authorities. This compares to 5,850 total incidents in 2015 (see
prior posting). The 2016 data shows that 21% of the single-bias incidents (1,273 incidents) were motivated by religious bias. 684 of those incidents were anti-Jewish (up from 664 in 2015). 307 incidents were anti-Muslim (up from 257 in 2015). 62 were anti-Catholic (same as 2015). ADL has created an
interactive map illustrating the data.