Anti-Semitism in the United States: Statistics on Religious Hate Crimes
(1996 - 2020)
The following data about anti-Jewish and religiously-biased hate crimes in the United States has been exceprted from the annual Report on Hate Crimes released by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
To read the full Hate Crime Reports, archived from 1996, click here.
In 2020, 15,136 law enforcement agencies participated in the Hate Crime Statistics Program. Of these agencies, 2,267 reported 7,759 hate crime incidents involving 10,532 offenses.
There were 7,554 single-bias incidents involving 10,528 victims, and 6,312 known offenders.
Hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 1,331 offenses and 1,174 incidents reported by law enforcement. A breakdown of the bias motivation of religious-biased offenses showed: 59.1% were anti-Jewish compared to 8.9% that were anti-Islamic (Muslim). There were 676 incidents and 787 offenses committed against 824 Jewish victims.
The largest number of crimes against Jewish persons were acts of intimidation. There was 1 Jew murdered in a hate crime.
The following table tracks hate crimes by religious bias as reported by U.S. law enforcement agencies since 1996.
| Year | Incidents | ||||||
| Anti-Jewish | Change | Anti-Islamic | Change | Total Religious | Total Change | % Change | |
| 2020 | 787 | -166 | 104 | -72 | 1,174 | -347 | -23% |
| 2019 | 953 | 118 | 176 | -12 | 1,521 | 102 | 7% |
| 2018 | 835 | -103 | 188 | -85 | 1,419 | -145 | -9% |
| 2017 | 938 | 254 | 273 | -34 | 1,564 | 291 | 23% |
| 2016 | 684 | -11 | 307 | 50 | 1,273 | -81 | -6% |
| 2015 | 695 | 86 | 257 | 103 | 1,354 | 340 | 34% |
| 2014 | 609 | -16 | 154 | 19 | 1,014 | -17 | -2% |
| 2013 | 625 | -49 | 135 | 5 | 1,031 | -68 | -6% |
| 2012 | 674 | -97 | 130 | -27 | 1,099 | -134 | -11% |
| 2011 | 771 | -116 | 157 | -3 | 1,233 | -89 | -7% |
| 2010 | 887 | -44 | 160 | 53 | 1,322 | 19 | 1% |
| 2009 | 931 | -82 | 107 | 2 | 1,303 | -216 | -14% |
| 2008 | 1,013 | 44 | 105 | -10 | 1,519 | 119 | 9% |
| 2007 | 969 | 2 | 115 | -41 | 1,400 | -62 | -4% |
| 2006 | 967 | 119 | 156 | 28 | 1,462 | 235 | 19% |
| 2005 | 848 | -106 | 128 | -28 | 1,227 | -147 | -11% |
| 2004 | 954 | 27 | 156 | 7 | 1,374 | 31 | 2% |
| 2003 | 927 | -4 | 149 | -6 | 1,343 | -83 | -6% |
| 2002 | 931 | -112 | 155 | -326 | 1,426 | -402 | -22% |
| 2001 | 1,043 | -66 | 481 | 453 | 1,828 | 356 | 24% |
| 2000 | 1,109 | 0 | 28 | -4 | 1,472 | 61 | 4% |
| 1999 | 1,109 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 1,411 | 21 | 2% |
| 1998 | 1,081 | -6 | 21 | -7 | 1,390 | 5 | 0% |
| 1997 | 1,087 | -22 | 28 | 1 | 1,385 | -16 | -1% |
| 1996 | 1,109 | 27 | 1,401 | ||||
| Year | Incidents | |||
| % Anti-Jewish | Change | % Anti-Islamic | Change | |
| 2020 | 67% | 4% | 9% | -3% |
| 2019 | 63% | 4% | 12% | -2% |
| 2018 | 59% | -1% | 13% | -4% |
| 2017 | 60% | 6% | 17% | -7% |
| 2016 | 54% | 2% | 24% | 5% |
| 2015 | 51% | -9% | 19% | 4% |
| 2014 | 60% | -1% | 15% | 2% |
| 2013 | 61% | -1% | 13% | 1% |
| 2012 | 61% | -1% | 12% | -1% |
| 2011 | 63% | -5% | 13% | 1% |
| 2010 | 67% | -4% | 12% | 4% |
| 2009 | 71% | 5% | 8% | 1% |
| 2008 | 67% | -3% | 7% | -1% |
| 2007 | 69% | 3% | 8% | -2% |
| 2006 | 66% | -3% | 11% | 0% |
| 2005 | 69% | 0% | 10% | -1% |
| 2004 | 69% | 0% | 11% | 0% |
| 2003 | 69% | 4% | 11% | 0% |
| 2002 | 65% | 8% | 11% | -15% |
| 2001 | 57% | -18% | 26% | 24% |
| 2000 | 75% | -3% | 2% | 0% |
| 1999 | 79% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| 1998 | 78% | -1% | 2% | -1% |
| 1997 | 78% | -1% | 2% | 0% |
| 1996 | 79% | 2% | ||
| Year | Victims | ||||||
| Anti-Jewish | Change | Anti-Islamic | Change | Total Religious | Total Change | % Change | |
| 2020 | 824 | -208 | 124 | -103 | 1,408 | -307 | -18% |
| 2019 | 1032 | 112 | 227 | -9 | 1,715 | 98 | 6% |
| 2018 | 920 | -97 | 236 | -89 | 1,617 | -132 | -8% |
| 2017 | 1,017 | 155 | 325 | -63 | 1,749 | 165 | 10% |
| 2016 | 862 | 131 | 388 | 81 | 1,584 | 182 | 13% |
| 2015 | 731 | 83 | 307 | 123 | 1,402 | 262 | 23% |
| 2014 | 648 | -89 | 184 | 17 | 1,140 | -83 | -7% |
| 2013 | 737 | -99 | 167 | 12 | 1,223 | -117 | -9% |
| 2012 | 836 | -100 | 155 | -30 | 1,340 | -140 | -9% |
| 2011 | 936 | -104 | 185 | -12 | 1,480 | -72 | -5% |
| 2010 | 1,040 | -92 | 197 | 65 | 1,552 | -23 | -1% |
| 2009 | 1,132 | -13 | 132 | 2 | 1,575 | -157 | -9% |
| 2008 | 1,145 | 18 | 130 | -12 | 1,732 | 104 | 6% |
| 2007 | 1,127 | -17 | 142 | -66 | 1,628 | -122 | -7% |
| 2006 | 1,144 | 167 | 208 | 57 | 1,750 | 345 | 25% |
| 2005 | 977 | -99 | 151 | -50 | 1,405 | -181 | -11% |
| 2004 | 1,076 | 51 | 201 | 26 | 1,586 | 97 | 7% |
| 2003 | 1,025 | -59 | 175 | 1 | 1,489 | -170 | -10% |
| 2002 | 1,084 | -112 | 174 | -380 | 1,659 | -459 | -22% |
| 2001 | 1,196 | -73 | 554 | 518 | 2,118 | 419 | 25% |
| 2000 | 1,269 | -20 | 36 | 2 | 1,699 | 13 | 1% |
| 1999 | 1,289 | 54 | 34 | 11 | 1,686 | -34 | -2% |
| 1998 | 1,235 | -12 | 23 | -9 | 1,720 | 134 | 8% |
| 1997 | 1,247 | 38 | 32 | -1 | 1,586 | 51 | 3% |
| 1996 | 1,209 | 33 | 1,535 | ||||
* The term victim may refer to a person, business, institution, or society as a whole.
| Year | Victims | |||
| % Anti-Jewish | Change | % Anti-Islamic | Change | |
| 2020 | 59% | -2% | 9% | -4% |
| 2019 | 60% | 3% | 13% | -1% |
| 2018 | 57% | -1% | 15% | -4% |
| 2017 | 58% | 4% | 19% | -6% |
| 2016 | 54% | 2% | 24% | 3% |
| 2015 | 52% | -5% | 22% | 6% |
| 2014 | 57% | -3% | 16% | 2% |
| 2013 | 60% | -2% | 14% | 2% |
| 2012 | 62% | -1% | 12% | -1% |
| 2011 | 63% | -4% | 13% | 0% |
| 2010 | 67% | -5% | 13% | 4% |
| 2009 | 72% | 6% | 8% | 1% |
| 2008 | 66% | -3% | 8% | -1% |
| 2007 | 69% | 4% | 9% | -3% |
| 2006 | 65% | -4% | 12% | 1% |
| 2005 | 70% | 2% | 11% | -2% |
| 2004 | 68% | -1% | 13% | 1% |
| 2003 | 69% | 3% | 12% | 1% |
| 2002 | 65% | 9% | 10% | -16% |
| 2001 | 56% | -18% | 26% | 24% |
| 2000 | 75% | -2% | 2% | 0% |
| 1999 | 76% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| 1998 | 72% | -7% | 1% | -1% |
| 1997 | 79% | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| 1996 | 79% | 2% | ||
Full Hate Crime Reports
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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