the most recent FBI data found. It’s also the highest number of overall hate crimes since 2008.According to data provided by the agency, there were 7,559 single-bias hate crime incidents and 205 multiple-bias hate crime incidents in 2020.
There were more than 10,500 victims of hate crimes in the U.S. That’s up 6 percent from 7,314 in 2019.The data used for the report came from 15,136 law enforcement agencies.Victims of reported hate crimes were mostly targeted due to their race or ethnicity, about 62 percent, while those targeted due to bias against their sexual orientation were 20.5 percent.