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2023 Hate Crime Statistics for Utah*

Bias Motivation Categories by Year

Bias Motivation Category

2021

2022

2023

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry

56

41

70

Religion

23

28

22

Sexual Orientation

25

36

87

Disability

1

3

0

Gender

1

0

1

Gender Identity

10

5

13

Total:

116

113

193

Types of Crime

Crimes Against Persons7937.3%
Crimes Against Property12257.5%
Crimes Against Society115.2%

Bias Motivation Categories

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry7036.3%
Religion2211.4%
Sexual Orientation8745.1%
Disability00.0%
Gender10.5%
Gender Identity136.7%

 


*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

 


News


 

DOJ Offices

FBI Field Office
FBI

 

Salt Lake City
5425 West Amelia Earhart Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84116

T: 801.579.1400
saltlakecity.fbi.gov

U.S. Attorney's Office
DOJ

 

Utah (Salt Lake City)
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ut/contact-us

CRS Regional Office
CRS

 

Rocky Mountain Regional Office
1244 Speer Boulevard
Suite 650
Denver, CO 80204

T: 303.844.2973
F: 303.844.2907
askcrs@usdoj.gov
Updated February 3, 2025