Utah

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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 Persons	79	37.3%
Crimes Against Property	122	57.5%
Crimes Against Society	11	5.2%

Bias Motivation Categories

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	70	36.3%
Religion	22	11.4%
Sexual Orientation	87	45.1%
Disability	0	0.0%
Gender	1	0.5%
Gender Identity	13	6.7%

*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