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Reporting agencies may specify the location of a hate crime incident as one of 25 location designations. Information regarding the location of hate crimes indicated that:

• 30.0 percent of the 7,163 reported hate crime incidents occurred in or near residences or homes.
• 18.3 percent occurred on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 13.5 percent happened at schools or colleges.
• 6.6 percent took place in parking lots or garages.
• 4.3 percent occurred in churches, synagogues, or temples.
• 0.2 percent occurred at multiple locations.
• 17.3 percent took place in various other locations (e.g., restaurants or public buildings).
• 9.8 percent took place in unspecified or unknown locations.
  (Based on Table 10.)

Location by Bias Motivation

Racial Bias

Of the 3,919 racially biased hate crime incidents:

• 31.0 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
• 19.9 percent occurred on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 13.2 percent occurred at schools or colleges.
• 6.7 percent occurred in parking lots or garages.
• 19.8 percent occurred at various other or multiple locations.
• 9.3 percent occurred in unspecified or unknown locations.
  (Based on Table 10.)

Religious Bias

Law enforcement agencies reported that 1,227 hate crime incidents were motivated by a bias against the victim’s religion. Of these:

• 25.5 percent took place in or near homes or residences.
• 18.2 percent occurred in churches, synagogues, or temples.
• 17.0 percent happened at schools or colleges.
• 7.6 percent occurred on highway, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 3.7 percent occurred in parking lots or garages.
• 12.5 percent of incidents happened at various other or multiple locations.
• 15.6 percent occurred in unspecified or unknown locations.
  (Based on Table 10.)

Sexual-Orientation Bias

Of the 1,017 hate crime incidents stemming from a sexual-orientation bias in 2005:

• 32.3 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
• 25.0 percent happened on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 12.1 percent occurred at schools or colleges.
• 6.8 percent occurred in parking lots or garages.
• 16.5 percent occurred in various other or multiple locations.
• 7.4 percent occurred in unspecified or unknown locations.
  (Based on Table 10.)

Ethnicity/National Origin Bias

There were 944 hate crime incidents in 2005 motivated by an anti-ethnicity/national origin bias. Of these:

• 28.6 percent occurred in or near residences or homes.
• 19.4 percent happened on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 12.0 percent occurred at schools or colleges.
• 9.4 percent happened in parking lots or garages.
• 24.2 percent occurred in various other or multiple locations.
• 6.5 percent occurred in unspecified or unknown locations.
  (Based on Table 10.)

Disability Bias

Fifty-three incidents were prompted by an anti-disability bias. Of these:

• 21 incidents occurred in or near homes or residences.
• 6 occurred on highways, roads, alleys, or streets.
• 7 occurred in unspecified or unknown locations.
• 19 incidents took place at various other locations.
  (See Table 10.)

Multiple-Bias Incidents

Three multiple-bias hate crime incidents occurred in 2005:

• 2 happened in multiple locations.
• 1 occurred at a school or college.
  (See Table 10.)

 

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Release Date: October 2006