The FBI announced today, Monday, that hate crimes in the United States of America increased 11.6% in 2021 compared to 2020.
He added that most of the crimes are motivated by racial and ethnic prejudices and are related to origins and ancestors.
This is the first time the bureau has been able to reliably report nationwide trends in hate crimes since it switched over to a new data collection system.
The consolidated crime data released by the Federal Office in October 2022 was characterized by gaps, as only 52% of law enforcement agencies provided complete data for 2021.
FBI officials said they were able to include retrospective crime data from the country's largest cities that had not yet switched to the new data-collection system.
This means that some major cities such as Los Angeles and New York are currently included in the hate crimes report that compares 2020 to 2021.
Chicago was also able to provide half a year's worth of data for the report.
The FBI said it typically monitors the 130 most populous cities in the 16 states to determine credible trends.
A total of 96 cities were able to provide the data required for the bureau to be included in the new hate crimes report.