2007 Hate Crime Report

Hate Crimes Per Year
	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
Number of Incidents per Year*	157	136	122	59	81	96	133	98	146	124
Number of Offenses per Year*	167	147	152	63	100	120	165	107	156	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
Offense	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forcible Sex Offenses	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Robbery	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
Aggravated Assault	41	16	21	13	25	21	28	8	22	17
Burglary	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	1	3	3
Larceny	2	3	5	0	3	3	1	1	8	2
Motor Vehicle Theft	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Simple Assault	34	20	31	11	22	16	28	18	16	25
Intimidation	54	43	66	19	26	54	66	54	52	56
Damaged Property	28	58	28	18	23	23	37	22	49	24
Arson	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0
Total By Year	167	147	152	63	100	120	165	107	156	128

 

By Type of Location and Quarter
Location	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Location
Air/Bus/Train/Terminal	0	1	2	0	3
Bar/Night Club	0	1	4	1	6
Church/Synagogue/Temple	0	1	3	1	5
Commercial/Office Building	0	1	0	0	1
Construction Site	0	0	1	0	1
Convenience Store	0	0	2	0	2
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital	0	2	0	0	2
Field/Woods	0	0	0	1	1
Government/Public Building	1	2	0	1	4
Grocery/Supermarket	0	0	0	2	2
Highway/Road/Alley/Street	6	14	13	7	40
Hotel/Motel	0	0	2	0	2
Jail/Prison/Penitentiary	0	0	2	0	2
Other/Unknown	5	3	4	2	14
Parking Lot/Garage	3	3	5	2	13
Residence/Home/Apartment	9	13	14	9	45
Restaurant/Cafeteria	0	1	5	0	6
School/College/University	3	0	5	7	15
Service/Gas Station	0	0	1	0	1
Specialty Store	0	1	0	1	2
Total by Quarter	27	43	63	34	167

 

By Type of Offense and Quarter **
	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Offense
Crimes Against Persons
Forcible Sex Offenses	1	1	0	0	2
Aggravated Assault	2	13	18	8	41
Simple Assault	5	6	14	9	34
Intimidation	10	14	23	7	54
Crimes Against Property
Arson	0	0	0	1	1
Burglary	0	0	0	2	2
Damaged Property	8	7	8	5	28
Larceny/Theft	0	0	0	2	2
Robbery	1	2	0	0	3
Total by Quarter	27	43	63	34	167

 

By Type of Bias Motivation and Quarter
	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Bias
Racial Bias
Anti-Asian	2	2	3	1	8
Anti-Black	11	12	17	8	48
Anti-Indian	0	1	1	2	4
Anti-Multi-Racial	1	2	1	0	4
Anti-White	1	4	6	4	15
Sexual Orientation Bias
Anti-Homosexual	0	2	5	0	7
Anti-Male Homosexual	7	6	6	5	24
Anti-Female Homosexual	0	0	3	1	4
Anti Bi-Sexual	0	0	1	0	1
Religious Bias
Anti-Islamic	0	0	3	1	4
Anti-Jewish	1	3	2	2	8
Anti Other Religion	0	0	1	3	4
Ethnic Bias
Anti-Hispanic	4	6	13	3	26
Anti-Other Ethnicity	0	4	1	4	9
Disability Bias
Anti-Physical Disability	0	1	0	0	1
Total by Quarter	27	43	63	34	167

 

By Victim Type and Quarter **
	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Victims
Business	2	1	0	1	4
Individual	23	53	84	36	196
Religious Organization	1	1	2	1	5
Total By Quarter	26	55	86	38	205

**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.

Hate Crime Offenders by Quarter
	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Offenders
Number of Incidents with Known Offenders	21	35	48	27	131
Number of Incidents with Unknown Offenders	3	5	13	5	26
Total By Quarter	24	40	61	32	157

 

By Number of Known Offender's Race and Quarter ****
	1st qtr	2nd qtr	3rd qtr	4th qtr	Total by Number of Offender's Race
Asian/Pacific Islander	1	0	0	0	1
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0	1	0	0	1
Black	3	5	10	3	21
Unknown Race	5	6	8	2	21
White***	21	37	47	39	144
Total By Quarter	30	49	65	44	188
***** Includes Hispanic offenders.