There were 32 hate crimes in Minneapolis in 2013, with the report showing race, religion and sexual orientation were the top motivators for the crime. Crimes motivated by religion and sexual orientation accounted for 18.6 percent of hate crimes each.
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Other advocacy groups have also noted the limitations on the FBI’s uniform crime report, saying there are jurisdictional obstacles to prosecuting and reporting hate crimes. Nationwide, 47 percent of the 5,462 single-bias incidents were racially motivated, whereas almost 19 percent were motivated by bias against sexual orientation, and 1.8 percent were motivated by gender identity bias.
This means that law enforcement in those participating agencies – including cities with large populations – affirmatively reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no hate crime incidents occurred in their jurisdictions, which seems highly unlikely especially since at least 13 transgender women were murdered in the United States in 2014. In Washington, DC, hate crimes based on either sexual orientation or gender identity added up to more than half the total number of reported crimes against individuals.
Of the 6,418 reported hate crime offenses, 63.1 percent were crimes against persons and 36.1 percent were crimes against property. The remaining offenses were crimes against society, like illegal drug activity or prostitution.
The majority of the 4,048 reported crimes against persons involved intimidation (43.1 percent) and simple assault (37.4 percent).
Most of the 2,317 hate crimes against property were acts of destruction, damage, and vandalism (73.1 percent).
And while 15,494 law enforcement agencies contributed to UCR’s Hate Crime Statistics report in 2014, only 1,666 agencies reported hate crimes within their jurisdiction (the remaining agencies reported zero hate crimes).
“Hate crimes are disturbingly prevalent”, The Anti-Defamation League said.
Law enforcement agencies specify the number of offenders and, when possible, the race of the offender or offenders as a group.
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In Minnesota, race was the main motivator for hate crimes past year as well, accounting for 55 of the 98 reported incidents, the report shows. According to the data, the state of OR had the 33rd most hate crimes in the country. The collection of both types of data began in January 2015.
