Vermont
Hate Crime Statistics Case Examples News DOJ Offices
Please click the image/link below to download a fact sheet with detailed graphics and information on hate crimes reported to the FBI for Vermont in 2022.
Fast Facts on Vermont Hate Crime Incidents*
| Bias Motivation Category | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 42 | 30 | 34 |
| Religion | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Sexual Orientation | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Disability | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Gender | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gender Identity | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 60 | 41 | 52 |
| Crimes Against Persons | 29 | 53.7% |
| Crimes Against Property | 24 | 44.4% |
| Crimes Against Society | 1 | 1.9% |
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 34 | 65.4% |
| Religion | 5 | 9.6% |
| Sexual Orientation | 12 | 23.1% |
| Disability | 1 | 1.9% |
| Gender | 0 | 0.0% |
| Gender Identity | 0 | 0.0% |
*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 Vermont man was sentenced to time served, of nearly a year, and three years of supervised release for pleading guilty to a federal hate crime.
On July 29, 2019, the defendant intimidated and harassed his neighbors, o a Hispanic family including two children, because of their race and national origin. He threatened to burn down the family’s home while they were inside and threatened to set fire to a member of the family. The defendant also shouted racial and ethnic slurs at the family, yelled at them to “go back to Mexico,” and yelled that “you Mexicans don’t belong on this street.” He warned the family that he would do “whatever it takes to get you off this street,” and exposed his genitals and buttocks in front of the family, including one of the children. Finally, he smashed the family’s mailbox and smashed glass on their lawn.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/man-sentenced-federal-hate-crime
News
November 26, 2023
Statement of United States Attorney Kerest Regarding Shooting of Three Young Men in Burlington
April 25, 2023
March 1, 2023
November 9, 2022
September 14, 2022
July 14, 2022
U.S. Attorney, Vermont Attorney General, and Rutland Area NAACP to Co-Host Hate-Free Vermont Forum
November 3, 2020
Vermont Man Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime
November 22, 2019
DOJ Offices
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Albany |
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Vermont (Burlington) |
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New England Regional Office |