Hate crimes spiked over a five-year period ending in 2022, and schools were the third most common place where such crimes were reported, according to a newly released FBI report.
Up to 10% of all hate crimes in 2022 occurred among students on school campuses, the special report states. The most common location was houses, followed by roads and paths, the FBI found.
The number of reported hate crime incidents increased each year from the previous year: starting with 7,181 incidents in 2018 and ending with 11,643 incidents in 2022.
“During these five years, more than 30 percent of youth hate crime victims experienced the crime at school and nearly 36 percent of youth offenders committed the crime at school,” the report states.
Elementary schools, defined as preschool through 12th grade in the report, saw more hate crimes than universities and colleges for each year cited.
The FBI report did not differentiate between elementary, middle and high school.
About 10% of all hate crimes in 2022 occurred among students on school campuses. Robert Peak – stock.adobe.com
The most frequent type of hate reported in schools was crimes against black people (with 1,690 crimes of this type between 2018 and 2022), followed by anti-Semitic crimes with 745 and anti-LGBTQ crimes with 342.
Crimes defined as “intimidation” were the most common with 1,623 in five years, followed by vandalism with 1,543 and simple assault with 826.
The FBI also found that hate crimes were the most prevalent in October, with four hate crimes occurring per day across the United States.
The number of reported hate crime incidents increased from 7,181 incidents in 2018 and ended at 11,643 incidents in 2022.
“This examination of reported hate crimes goes beyond basic counts of hate crimes that occur in schools and provides a deeper understanding of the striking similarities between these events,” the FBI said in its report.
“Analyzing the commonalities of hate crimes reported in schools may facilitate strategies to mitigate or prevent these crimes in the future.”
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