News Alert: Hate crimes rose 17% last year — the third annual increase in a row — and anti-Semitic hate crimes rose 37%, according to FBI data

Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 a year prior. More than half of such crimes — about 3 out of every 5 — targeted a person's race or ethnicity, while about 1 out of 5 targeted their religion, data show. The increase was fueled in part by more police departments reporting hate crimes data to the FBI, but overall there is still a large number of departments that report no hate crimes to the federal database.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Nov 13, 11:05 AM     Hate crimes rose 17% last year — the third annual increase in a row — and anti-Semitic hate crimes rose 37%, according to FBI data Law enforcement agencies reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017, up from 6,121 a year prior. More than half of such crimes — about 3 out of every 5 — targeted a person's race or ethnicity, while about 1 out of 5 targeted their religion, data show. The increase was fueled in part by more police departments reporting hate crimes data to the FBI, but overall there is still a large number of departments that report no hate crimes to the federal database. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071

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