While the FBI's 2022 report reveals that 11,634 hate crime incidents stained the United States last year, a shocking 7% rise, this alarming national trend is just one thread in a global tapestry of prejudice that spans from online forums to schoolyards, targeting individuals based on race, religion, sexual orientation, and identity.
Key Takeaways
- In 2022, the FBI recorded 11,634 hate crime incidents in the United States, marking a 7% increase from 2021
- Anti-Black bias accounted for 3,424 hate crime offenses in 2022 according to FBI data, representing 31.1% of all race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated incidents
- There were 1,124 anti-Jewish hate crime offenses reported to the FBI in 2022, the highest among religious bias categories
- The EU's Fundamental Rights Agency reported 4,116 antisemitic incidents across 14 member states in 2022, a 33% increase from 2021
- Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recorded 21,223 politically motivated crimes in 2022, with 1,016 antisemitic incidents
- In the UK, Home Office data showed 155,841 hate crimes in 2022/23, up 5% from prior year
- ADL's Online Hate Index scored Gab.com at 8.35/10 for antisemitism in 2023 study, highest among platforms
- Twitter (pre-X) had 2.4 million antisemitic tweets in 2022 per ADL
- Facebook hosted 12 million hate speech posts in Q4 2022 alone, Meta transparency report
- FBI: 66% of domestic extremism linked to online radicalization in 2022 assessments
- SPLC tracked 733 hate groups active in US 2022, down 3% but neo-Nazi up 28%
- 52% of US antisemitic incidents targeted Jews visibly identifiable, ADL 2022 Audit
- SPLC: Hate groups declined 10% 2021-2022 but online presence up 300%
- ADL Audit: US antisemitic incidents up 140% Oct-Dec 2023 vs 2022 baseline, continuing 36% 2022 rise
- FBI hate crimes rose 12% 2019-2022 post-pandemic surge
Hate crimes are increasing in the United States and across the globe.
Demographic Breakdowns
- FBI: 66% of domestic extremism linked to online radicalization in 2022 assessments
- SPLC tracked 733 hate groups active in US 2022, down 3% but neo-Nazi up 28%
- 52% of US antisemitic incidents targeted Jews visibly identifiable, ADL 2022 Audit
- 61% of hate crimes against Black Americans involved White perpetrators, FBI 2022
- LGBTQ+ youth face 4x higher hate victimization rates, GLSEN 2021-22 survey
- 78% of transgender people experienced discrimination/harassment, NCTE 2022
- Muslim Americans reported 9,851 bias incidents 2014-2022 cumulative, CAIR
- 45% of Asian Americans faced hate post-COVID onset 2020-2022, Pew
- Native Americans experience hate crimes at 2.5x national rate, DOJ 2022
- Orthodox Jews comprised 63% of religious hate victims despite 9% population, NYPD 2022
- 32% of Latino hate crimes involved immigration bias, FBI 2022
- White supremacist groups 75% male under 30, SPLC 2022 demographics
- 68% of online hate actors aged 18-29, per Global Witness 2022
- Women 84% of gender-based hate victims online, Amnesty 2022
- Black women 2x more likely to face intersectional hate, Brookings 2022
- Elderly Jews 25% of antisemitic assault victims, JCRC 2022
- Disabled individuals 3x hate crime risk, ARC 2022 report
- Rural areas saw 20% higher per capita hate vs urban, Rural Justice Collaborative 2022
- Immigrant communities 55% of xenophobic hate targets in EU, FRA 2022
- Evangelical Christians perpetrators in 12% religious hate cases, FBI 2022
- Gen Z 40% admit prejudiced views, YouGov 2022 poll
- Hate crimes against homeless up 45%, 80% by youth under 25, NCH 2022
- FBI 2022 data shows 52% of offenders known to victims in hate crimes
Demographic Breakdowns Interpretation
While the number of hate groups is slightly shrinking, the poison within them is metastasizing online, finding a violent new generation and a depressingly familiar array of targets.
Global Hate Incidents
- The EU's Fundamental Rights Agency reported 4,116 antisemitic incidents across 14 member states in 2022, a 33% increase from 2021
- Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recorded 21,223 politically motivated crimes in 2022, with 1,016 antisemitic incidents
- In the UK, Home Office data showed 155,841 hate crimes in 2022/23, up 5% from prior year
- France's Interior Ministry reported 1,633 antisemitic acts in 2022, highest since 2004
- Canada's Statistics Canada noted 3,576 hate crimes in 2022, a 32% rise, with 42% race/ethnicity-based
- Australia's Institute of Criminology reported 2,231 hate crimes in 2021-22, up 28%
- In Brazil, the São Paulo State Secretariat recorded 1,248 racial hate crimes in 2022
- India's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) logged 62,076 hate-related atrocities against Scheduled Castes in 2022
- South Africa's SAPS reported 1,463 hate crimes in 2022/23, mostly racial/xenophobic
- The OSCE's ODIHR recorded over 6,000 antisemitic incidents in 27 countries in 2022
- Italy's Interior Ministry noted 2,931 antisemitic incidents in 2022, doubling from 2021
- Sweden saw 1,299 antisemitic hate crimes in 2022 per BRA, a record high
- In Russia, SOVA Center documented 157 xenophobic crimes resulting in 92 murders from 2010-2022 cumulative
- Netherlands' police recorded 7,871 hate crimes in 2022, up 10%
- Spain's Interior Ministry reported 1,958 hate crimes in 2022, 20% rise
- Japan's National Police Agency noted 1,768 hate speech cases in 2022, mostly anti-Korean
- In Argentina, INADI recorded 12,500 discrimination reports in 2022, 40% hate-based
- Poland's Never Again Association tracked 4,000 antisemitic incidents in 2022
- Austria reported 1,016 antisemitic crimes in 2022 per BMI, up 64%
- Belgium's FPS Justice logged 2,529 hate crimes in 2022
- Denmark's police recorded 1,366 hate crimes in 2022, 15% increase
- Finland saw 1,557 hate crimes in 2022 per Police University College
- Greece reported 165 antisemitic incidents in 2022 via GSLA
- Ireland's CSO noted 424 hate crimes in 2022, up 17%
- Norway's SSB reported 919 hate crimes in 2022
Global Hate Incidents Interpretation
As these sobering statistics across the globe reveal a troubling surge in hate, it seems humanity's ugliest software update—bigotry—is experiencing a widespread and malicious reboot.
Online Hate Speech
- ADL's Online Hate Index scored Gab.com at 8.35/10 for antisemitism in 2023 study, highest among platforms
- Twitter (pre-X) had 2.4 million antisemitic tweets in 2022 per ADL
- Facebook hosted 12 million hate speech posts in Q4 2022 alone, Meta transparency report
- YouTube removed 1.5 million videos for hate speech in 2022, Google data
- 4chan's /pol/ board generated 25% of tracked extremist content in 2022, per ISD
- TikTok took action on 113.5 million hate speech videos in H2 2022
- Reddit banned 2,000+ hate subreddits since 2015, with 1 million posts in 2022 monitored
- Instagram actioned 10.5 million hate speech pieces in Q1 2023, Meta report
- Telegram channels spread 80% of tracked neo-Nazi propaganda in 2022, per Moonshot
- Discord removed 12,000 servers for hate in 2022
- 17% of tweets contained hate speech in 2022 sample, per CCIA study
- Gab saw 91.1% of sampled posts as hateful per Berkeley study 2021-2022
- WhatsApp banned 1.15 crore Indian accounts for hate/bullying in 2022
- 8kun (8chan) hosted 70% misogynistic hate content in 2022 crawls, per ADL
- Snapchat actioned 1.2 million hate cases in 2022
- Twitch banned 1 million accounts for hate raids in 2022, Amazon report
- LinkedIn removed 80,000 hate posts in 2022, Microsoft data
- Pinterest deleted 2.8 million hateful pins in 2022
- Stormfront forum had 300 active hate threads daily in 2022 average, SPLC
- Parler posts showed 62% extremist content in 2022 audit
- Rumble hosted 15% conspiracy-hate videos in top feeds 2022, Media Matters
- VKontakte (Russia) had 500,000 hate reports actioned in 2022
- Weibo censored 1.4 million hate posts in China 2022
- 35% of Gen Z encountered online hate weekly in 2022 Pew survey
- Anti-Black hate speech on Twitter surged 500% post-George Floyd, 2020-2022 trend, CCDH
- ADL found 3,800% rise in antisemitic posts on X post-Oct 7 2023, but 2022 baseline 17k/month
Online Hate Speech Interpretation
If the internet’s cesspools were graded on a curve, Gab would be the valedictorian of vile, while the rest of the social media landscape is frantically trying to mop up a flood with a paper towel.
Trends Over Time
- SPLC: Hate groups declined 10% 2021-2022 but online presence up 300%
- ADL Audit: US antisemitic incidents up 140% Oct-Dec 2023 vs 2022 baseline, continuing 36% 2022 rise
- FBI hate crimes rose 12% 2019-2022 post-pandemic surge
- Global antisemitism up 235% post-Oct 7 2023, but 2022 saw 20% yearly increase, Tel Aviv Univ
- Online hate speech grew 30% YoY 2021-2022, per UNESCO
- US hate crimes peaked 2001 post-9/11 at 9,730, similar to 2022 levels, FBI historical
- Anti-LGBTQ+ crimes up 25% 2016-2022, Williams Inst UCLA
- Islamophobia incidents down 20% 2021-2022 but online up 50%, CAIR
- Anti-Asian hate peaked Apr 2021 at 3,800/mo then declined 60% by 2022, CSIS
- White supremacist propaganda up 1100% 2017-2022, ADL
- Hate crime reporting up 30% 2019-2022 due to better tracking, DOJ BJS
- EU hate crimes rose 15% 2020-2022 amid populism, FRA
- Twitter hate speech violations doubled 2020-2022 pre-Musk, Meta benchmark
- Neo-Nazi Telegram channels grew 50% 2021-2022, ISD
- US antisemitic assaults up 45% 2021-2022, ADL
- Global far-right violence incidents up 320% 2016-2022, ACLED
- Hate hoaxes declined 20% 2020-2022 amid scrutiny, Fake Hate Crimes
- School hate incidents up 83% 2021-2022 post-reopening, EdWeek
- Workplace hate complaints rose 18% 2021-2022, EEOC
- International migration fueled 25% xenophobia spike 2015-2022, IOM
Trends Over Time Interpretation
So, while the number of traditional hate groups may have slightly decreased, this statistical hydra has simply grown a far more vicious and pervasive digital head, flourishing in online shadows where propaganda and violence metastasize at alarming rates before manifesting in our streets, schools, and synagogues.
US Hate Crimes
- In 2022, the FBI recorded 11,634 hate crime incidents in the United States, marking a 7% increase from 2021
- Anti-Black bias accounted for 3,424 hate crime offenses in 2022 according to FBI data, representing 31.1% of all race/ethnicity/ancestry motivated incidents
- There were 1,124 anti-Jewish hate crime offenses reported to the FBI in 2022, the highest among religious bias categories
- Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes reached 2,036 incidents in 2022 per FBI statistics, up 9.9% from the previous year
- In California, 2,281 hate crimes were reported in 2022, the highest of any state, comprising 19.6% of national total, FBI data
- New York reported 1,122 hate crime incidents in 2022, second highest nationally, with anti-Jewish incidents at 622
- Intimidation was the most common hate crime offense type in 2022 with 5,157 incidents, 37.2% of total, FBI UCR
- Simple assault hate crimes numbered 4,013 in 2022, accounting for 28.9% of offenses, per FBI
- Anti-Asian hate crimes peaked at 746 incidents in 2021 before dropping to 552 in 2022, FBI reports
- 68.2% of hate crime victims in 2022 were individuals, while 20.7% were businesses/institutions, FBI data
- In 2021, 10,840 hate crime incidents occurred, a 10% rise from 2020, setting a record high per FBI
- Anti-White bias incidents totaled 1,035 in 2022, 9.4% of race-based hate crimes, FBI statistics
- Anti-Hispanic/Latino hate crimes reached 517 offenses in 2022, FBI UCR data
- 1,308 anti-Sikh incidents were reported from 2019-2022 cumulatively, peaking post-9/11 trends, FBI
- Aggravated assault hate crimes stood at 1,422 in 2022, 10.2% of total offenses, per FBI
- Anti-Muslim hate crimes numbered 158 in 2022, down from 273 in 2021, FBI data
- Destruction/damage/vandalism offenses totaled 3,802 in 2022, 27.4% of hate crimes, FBI UCR
- Florida saw 571 hate crimes in 2022, with Miami-Dade County leading at 122, FBI stats
- Anti-Native American/Alaska Native incidents were 122 in 2022, FBI reports
- 2.1% of hate crimes targeted multiple biases in 2022, involving 308 offenses, per FBI
- Anti-Arab bias crimes reached 91 incidents in 2022, FBI data
- Texas reported 888 hate crimes in 2022, third highest state total, FBI UCR
- Anti-Catholic incidents numbered 74 in 2022, part of religious bias category, FBI stats
- 15.7% of hate crimes occurred at residences/lodging in 2022, totaling 2,181 incidents, FBI
- Anti-Buddhist hate crimes were 22 in 2022, FBI records
- Illinois had 576 hate crimes in 2022, with Chicago contributing significantly, FBI data
- Anti-Hindu incidents totaled 45 in 2022, up from prior years, per FBI
- Schools/colleges saw 1,090 hate crimes in 2022, 7.9% of total locations, FBI UCR
- Anti-Protestant bias crimes were 32 in 2022, FBI statistics
- 20 states reported over 200 hate crimes each in 2022, FBI national overview
US Hate Crimes Interpretation
The FBI's 2022 report paints a sobering picture of a nation where hate is not only prevalent but escalating, with bias against race, religion, and identity systematically terrorizing communities from California to New York.
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