Kentucky
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2023 Hate Crime Statistics for Kentucky*
| Bias Motivation Category | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 91 | 91 | 91 |
| Religion | 6 | 15 | 17 |
| Sexual Orientation | 40 | 33 | 43 |
| Disability | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Gender | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gender Identity | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| Total | 154 | 149 | 167 |
| Type of Crime | Incidents | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Crimes Against Persons | 129 | 67.5% |
| Crimes Against Property | 59 | 30.9% |
| Crimes Against Society | 3 | 1.6% |
| Bias Motivation Category | Incidents | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry | 91 | 54.5% |
| Religion | 17 | 10.2% |
| Sexual Orientation | 43 | 25.7% |
| Disability | 7 | 4.2% |
| Gender | 1 | 0.6% |
| Gender Identity | 8 | 4.8% |
* 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 Kentucky woman was sentenced to nine years in prison for mailing threats to her neighbors in 2020 because of their race.
The woman sent multiple threatening letters to an interracial couple and their children, who lived in the same neighborhood. Many of these letters contained violent threats and racial slurs.
At trial, the jury found that the threatening letters were sent to the defendant’s neighbors because of their race.
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kentucky-woman-sentenced-mailing-threatening-communications-neighbors-because-their-race
A Kentucky man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for two racially motivated murders and his attempted murder of a third person.
On Oct. 24, 2018, the defendant followed a Black man who was grocery shopping with his grandson, before shooting him several times and killing him. He then walked out of the store and into the parking lot, where he shot and killed a Black woman, and exchanged fire with a Black man who was in lawful possession of a handgun. As he left the third victim, he encountered a legally armed white man, who he said he would not shoot because “whites don’t shoot whites.”
Press Release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kroger-shooter-sentenced-life-prison-hate-crime-murders
News
- Eastern District of Kentucky Hate Crimes News
- Western District of Kentucky Hate Crimes News
- All Hate Crimes News
- June 24, 2024 | Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced for Federal Hate Crime Targeting Children Online
- September 14, 2023 | U.S. Attorney's Office for Western District of Kentucky Hosts United Against Hate Outreach Event
- July 27, 2023 | Kentucky Woman Sentenced for Mailing Threatening Communications to Neighbors Because of Their Race
- June 24, 2021 | Kentucky Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Hate Crime Murders
- March 18, 2021 | Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes and Firearm Offenses
- November 15, 2018 | Kroger Shooting Suspect Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Firearm Offenses
DOJ Offices
FBI Field Office
U.S. Attorneys' Offices
Community Relations Service (CRS)
- Community Relations Service
at U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
175 N Street, NE, Suite 4.601
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 252-5550
USAEO.AskCRS@usdoj.gov