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2022 Hate Crime Statistics for Utah

Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Utah in 2022.

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Fast Facts on Utah Hate Crime Incidents*

Bias Motivation Categories by Year
Bias Motivation Category	2020	2021	2022
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	20	56	41
Religion	12	23	28
Sexual Orientation	6	25	36
Disability	1	1	3
Gender	0	1	0
Gender Identity	7	10	5
Total:	46	116	113

Types of Crime
Crimes Against Persons	60	45.8%
Crimes Against Property	66	50.4%
Crimes Against Society	5	3.8%

Bias Motivation Categories
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	41	36.2%
Religion	28	24.8%
Sexual Orientation	36	31.9%
Disability	3	2.7%
Gender	0	0.0%
Gender Identity	5	4.4%

*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

A Utah man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking three men with a metal pole he believed to be Mexican.

On November 27, 2018, the man entered a tire store and shouted at employees there that he wanted to “kill Mexicans.” Then he began attacking the employees with a metal pole, striking the first victim, a teenager, in the head, resulting in a serious injury. After the father of the victim, the business owner, rushed to help his son, the attacker struck him several times with the metal pole. The business owner’s brother rushed to intervene. The attacker threatened him, but he was not injured in the attack.

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utah-man-sentenced-hate-crime-attack-three-men

Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/pr/utah-man-charged-hate-crimes-attacking-three-men-metal-pole

Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/utah-man-convicted-hate-crime-charges-after-attacking-three-men-metal-pole