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2022 Hate Crime Statistics for Oklahoma
Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Oklahoma in 2022.
Fast Facts on Oklahoma Hate Crime Incidents*
| Bias Motivation Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 4 | 49 | 43 |
| Religion | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sexual Orientation | 2 | 15 | 12 |
| Disability | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Gender | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gender Identity | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total: | 8 | 76 | 63 |
| Crimes Against Persons | 68 | 86.1% |
| Crimes Against Property | 11 | 13.9% |
| Crimes Against Society | 0 | 0.0% |
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 43 | 68.3% |
| Religion | 4 | 6.3% |
| Sexual Orientation | 12 | 19.0% |
| Disability | 2 | 3.2% |
| Gender | 0 | 0.0% |
| Gender Identity | 2 | 3.2% |
*2021 was the first year that the annual hate crimes statistics were reported entirely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). As a result of the shift to NIBRS-only data collection, law enforcement agency participation in submitting all crime statistics, including hate crimes, fell significantly from 2020 to 2021.
Case Examples
An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison for vandalizing and setting fire to a donut shop frequented by LGBTQI+ patrons. The man placed an anti-LGBTQI+ flyer on the building, broke the glass door with a baseball bat, and threw a Molotov cocktail inside.
The man has a prior arrest for setting fire to a restaurant that publicly supported LGBTQI+ people, but a witness failed to appear in court and the case was dismissed. He also has a history of causing disturbances and leaving anti-LGBTQI+ flyers at other businesses in the Tulsa area.
Sentencing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndok/pr/arsonist-sentenced-throwing-molotov-cocktail-donut-shop
Two Oklahoma men pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 6 and 10 years in prison, respectively, for a racially motivated attack in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The two men must also pay the victim restitution, money to cover medical or other expenses, amounting to $113,644.40.
On Jan. 18, 2022, a grand jury charged the defendants with physically assaulting a Black man because of his race, as well as his white friend, in the parking lot of the Brickhouse Saloon in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/second-oklahoma-man-sentenced-federal-prison-role-racially-motivated-hate-crime
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/oklahoma-man-sentenced-racially-motivated-hate-crime-against-black-man
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-oklahoma-men-plead-guilty-racially-motivated-hate-crime
News
December 28, 2023
Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Donut Shop
August 16, 2023
Second Oklahoma Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Racially Motivated Hate Crime
July 25, 2023
Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Racially Motivated Hate Crime Against Black Man
September 27, 2022
Two Oklahoma Men Plead Guilty to Racially-Motivated Hate Crime
February 8, 2022
Two Oklahoma Men Indicted for Hate Crimes
Grant Awardees
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
City of Tulsa | Pursuing Forensic Genetic Genealogy Identifications for Potential 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (TRM) Victims | FY 2022
Fulton County Government | Fulton County, Office of the District Attorney, home of the civil rights movement investigates cold cases | FY 2022
DOJ Offices
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Oklahoma City |
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Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee) Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa) Western District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) |
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Southwestern Regional Office |
Southwestern Field Office |