1995 Hate Crime Report from the FBI Preliminary figures show 7,947 hate crime incidents were reported to the FBI during 1995. The incidents were reported by more than 9,500 law enforcement agencies in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Participating agencies covered 75 percent of the U.S. population. Number of Incidents, Offenses, Victims, and Offenders by Bias Motivation, 1995 Bias Motivation Incidents Offenses Victims #of Offenders Race 4,831 6,170 6,438 5,751 Anti-White 1,226 1,511 1,554 2,032 Anti-Black 2,988 3,805 3,945 3,099 Anti-American Indian 41 59 59 38 Anti-Asian 355 484 496 3 80 Anti-Multi-Racial Group 221 311 384 202 Ethnicity/National Origin 814 1,022 1,044 958 Anti-Hispanic 516 680 698 685 Anti-Other Ethnicity/ Origin 298 342 346 273 Religion 1,277 1,414 1,617 437 Anti-Jewish 1,058 1,145 1,236 350 Anti-Catholic 31 35 53 8 Anti-Protestant 36 47 65 12 Anti-Islamic 29 39 41 26 Anti-Other Religious Group 102 122 196 36 Anti-Multi-Religious Group 20 25 25 4 Sexual Orientation 1,019 1,266 1,347 1,273 Anti-Male Homosexual 735 915 937 1,031 Anti-Female Homosexual 146 189 191 131 Anti-Homosexual 103 125 182 80 Anti-Heterosexual 17 19 19 13 Anti-Bisexual 18 18 18 18 Multiple Bias 6 23 23 14 Total 7,947 9,895 10,469 8,433 Sixty-one percent of the incidents were motivated by racial bias; 16 percent by religious bias; 13 percent by sexual-orientation bias; and 10 percent by ethnicity/national origin bias. The 7,947 incidents involved 9,895 separate offenses, 10,469 victims, and 8,433 known offenders. Crimes against persons accounted for 72 percent of hate crime offenses reported. Intimidation was the single most frequently reported hate crime offense, accounting for 41 percent of the total. Damage/destruction/vandalism of property constituted 23 percent; simple assault, 18 percent; and aggravated assault, 13 percent. Twenty persons were murdered in hate-motivated incidents. As in previous years, hate crimes in 1995 were most frequently directed at individuals. Individuals comprised 83 percent of all reported bias crime victims for the year. Businesses, religious organizations, and varied other targets comprised the remaining 17 percent. Law enforcement agencies reported the number of known offenders for 62 percent of hate crimes coming to their attention in 1995. Among the 8,433 known offenders reported to be associated with hate crime incidents, 59 percent were white, and 27 percent were black. The remaining offenders were of other or multi-racial groups.

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