2004 Hate Crime Report

Hate Crimes Per Year

	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Number of Incidents per Year*	59	81	96	133	98	146	124	118
Number of Offenses per Year*	63	100	120	165	107	156	128	128
*The number of incidents will not always match the number of offenses or victims, as there can be multiple offenses and victims within one incident.

 

Breakdown of Offenses per Year 2004

Offense	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
Homicide	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Forcible Rape	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Robbery	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
Aggravated Assault	13	25	21	28	8	22	17	14
Burglary	2	1	0	1	1	3	3	2
Larceny	0	3	3	1	1	8	2	2
Motor Vehicle Theft	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Simple Assault	11	22	16	28	18	16	25	19
Intimidation	19	26	54	66	54	52	56	66
Damaged Property	18	23	23	37	22	49	24	22
Arson	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	0
Total By Year	63	100	120	165	107	156	128	128

 

2004 Hate Crimes By Type of Location and Quarter

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Location
Air/Bus/Train Terminal	1	0	0	0	1
Bar/Night Club	1	1	1	2	5
Church/Synagogue/Temple	1	2	0	0	3
Commercial/Office Building	1	0	0	0	1
Drug Store/Dr Office/Hospital	1	1	0	0	2
Field/Woods	0	1	0	0	1
Government/Public Bldg.	1	0	0	0	1
Highway/Road/Alley/Street	2	1	5	2	10
Hotel/Motel	2	0	0	0	2
Liqour Store	0	1	0	0	1
Other/Unknown	0	1	0	2	3
Parking Lot/Garage	0	1	1	2	4
Residence/Home/Apartment	5	10	2	2	19
School/College/University	1	1	0	1	3
Service/Gas Station	0	2	0	0	2
Specialty Store	1	0	0	0	1
Total by Quarter	17	22	9	11	59

 

2004 Hate Crimes By Type of Offense and Quarter **

Crimes Against Persons	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Offense
Aggravated Assault	0	4	7	2	13
Simple Assault	6	3	1	1	11
Intimidation	6	7	0	6	19
Crimes Against Property
Burglary	1	0	0	1	2
Damaged Property	5	10	1	2	18
Total by Quarter	18	24	9	12	63

**As More than one offense can occur within an incident, the number of offenses will not always match the number of hate crimes by type of location or bias motivation.

2004 Hate Crimes By Type of Bias Motivation and Quarter

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Bias
Racial Bias
Anti-Asian-Asian	0	1	1	0	2
Anti-Black	10	4	5	4	23
Anti-Indian	0	0	0	2	2
Anti-Mutli-Racial	0	1	0	0	1
Anti-White	0	0	0	1	1
Sexual Orientation Bias
Anti-Homosexual	0	0	0	0	0
Anti-Male Homosexual	1	1	0	1	3
Religious Bias
Anti-Catholic	1	0	0	0	1
Anti-Islamic	1	1	0	0	2
Anti-Jewish	3	3	1	0	7
Anti-Multi Religious	0	2	0	0	2
Anti-Other Religion	0	0	1	0	1
Anti-Protestant	0	1	0	0	1
Ethnic Bias
Anti-Hispanic	1	7	1	9	12
Anti-Other Ethnicity	0	1	0	0	1
Total by Quarter	17	22	9	11	59

 

2004 Hate Crimes By Number of Victims and Quarter ***

Crimes Against Persons	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Victims
Aggravated Assault	0	5	7	3	15
Simple Assault	3	3	1	1	8
Intimidation	13	7	0	7	27
Crimes Against Property
Burglary	1	0	0	2	3
Damaged Property	6	11	1	3	21
Total by Quarter	23	26	9	16	74

***As there can be more than one victim per offense, per incident, the number of victims will not always match the number of offenses or incidents.

2004 Hate Crimes By the Number of Victims and Type of Bias Motivation ****

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Victims
Racial Bias
Anti-Asian	0	2	1	0	3
Anti-Black	12	5	5	6	28
Anti-Indian	0	0	0	2	2
Anti-White	0	0	0	2	2
Anti-Multi-Racial	0	1	0	0	1
Sexual Orientation Bias
Anti-Male Homosexual	1	1	0	1	3
Religious Bias
Anti-Catholic	1	0	0	0	1
Anti-Islamic	1	1	0	0	2
Anti-Jewish	4	3	1	0	8
Anti-Multi Religious	0	2	0	0	2
Anti-Other Religious	0	0	1	0	1
Anti-Protestant	0	1	0	0	1
Ethnic Bias
Anti-Hispanic	3	7	1	3	14
Anti-Other Ethnicity	0	1	0	0	1
Total by Quarter	22	24	9	14	69

**** As a single victim can be the victim of more than one offense, the number of victims by offense will not always match the number of victims by bias motivation.

2004 Hate Crimes By The Type of Victims *****

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Victims
Individual	19	22	9	14	64
Religious	1	1	0	0	2
Business	2	1	0	0	3
Total By Quarter	22	24	9	14	69

*****As a single victim can be linked to more than one offense in an incident, the number of victims will not always match the number of offenses or incidents.

2004 Hate Crimes Offenders

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Offenders
Number of Incidents with Known Offenders	11	17	9	10	47
Number of Incidents with Unknown Offenders	6	5	0	1	12
Total By Quarter	17	22	9	11	59

 

2004 Hate Crimes By Number of Known Offenders Race

	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Offender's Race
Black	0	0	0	1	1
Unknown	3	5	2	0	10
White*	11	18	13	21	63
Total By Quarter	14	23	15	22	74
* Includes Hispanic offenders.