Hate Crime in California 2000
- 1,957 hate crime events were reported. These events included 2,352 victims, 2,002 criminal offenses, and 2,107 known suspects.
- 63.1 percent of the hate crime events reported were motivated by a victim’s race/ethnicity.
- The most often reported bias motivations were: 1.Anti-black - 31 percent of all hate crime events reported (606 events) 2.Anti-male homosexual - 16.6 percent of all hate crime events reported (325 events) 3.Anti-Jewish - 12.1 percent of all hate crime events reported (236 events) 4.Anti-Hispanic - 10.2 percent of all hate crime events reported (199 events) 5.Anti-white - 7.4 percent of all hate crime events reported (145 events)
- The top four types of offenses were: 1.Destruction/vandalism - 31.1 percent (608 events) 2.Intimidation - 28.2 percent (552 events) 3.Simple assault - 18.7 percent (365 events) 4.Aggravated assault - 16.1 percent (315 events)
- The top five locations where hate crime events occurred were: 1.Residence/home/driveway - 36.6 percent (717 events) 2.Highway/road/street/alley/sidewalk - 24 percent (470 events) 3.School/college - 10.5 percent (205 events) 4.Parking lot/garage - 5 percent (98 events) 5.Church/synagogue/temple/center - 4.1 percent (80 events)