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The Role of the Criminal Justice

Statistics Center

is to:

? Collect, analyze, and report statistical data that

provide valid measures of crime and the criminal

justice process.

? Examine these data on an ongoing basis to better

describe crime and the criminal justice system.

? Promote the responsible presentation and use of

crime statistics.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Xavier Becerra, Attorney General

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Executive Summary

Hate Crime In California

2018

Hate Crime in California 2018 presents statistics on hate crimes reported by California law enforcement

agencies that occurred during 2018 with prior years included for context. These statistics include

the number of hate crime events?, hate crime offenses?, victims of hate crimes, and suspects of

hate crimes. This report also provides statistics reported by district and elected city attorneys on

the number of hate crime cases referred to prosecutors, the number of cases filed in court, and the

disposition of those cases.

The total number of hate crime events, offenses, and victims decreased while the total number of

suspects increased in 2018. The following statements highlight the major trends in Hate Crime in

California for 2018.

Crime Data

The amount of hate crime events has gone up and down over the last decade. In the last 10 years,

hate crime events have decreased by 3.1 percent (Table 11). The lowest year for reported hate crime

events was 2014 with 758 events (Table 11).

Hate crime events decreased 2.5 percent from 1,093 in 2017 to 1,066 in 2018. (Table 11)

The number of victims of reported hate crimes decreased 2.6 percent from 1,270 in 2017 to 1,237 in

2018. (Table 15)

The number of suspects of reported hate crimes increased 7.9 percent from 1,013 in 2017 to 1,093 in

2018. (Table 15)

Hate crime events involving a racial bias overall decreased 1.3 percent from 602 in 2017 to 594 in 2018.

(Table 11)

? Anti-black or African American bias events fell from 302 in 2017 to 276 in 2018, a decrease of 8.6

percent.

? Anti-Hispanic or Latino bias events rose from 126 in 2017 to 149 in 2018, an increase of 18.3 percent.

Hate crime events involving a religion bias decreased 2.9 percent from 207 in 2017 to 201 in 2018.

(Table 11)

? Anti-Jewish bias events rose from 104 in 2017 to 126 in 2018, an increase of 21.2 percent.

? Anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias events fell from 46 in 2017 to 28 in 2018.

Hate crime events involving a sexual orientation bias decreased 3.3 percent from 246 in 2017 to 238 in

2018. (Table 11)

? Anti-gay (male) bias events fell from 172 in 2017 to 169 in 2018, a decrease of 1.7 percent.

Hate crime offenses decreased 3.6 percent from 1,315 in 2017 to 1,268 in 2018. (Table 12)

? Violent crime offenses decreased 2.6 percent from 860 in 2017 to 838 in 2018. (Table 13)

? Property crime offenses decreased 5.5 percent from 451 in 2017 to 426 in 2018. (Table 13)

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