Vermont

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2023 Hate Crime Statistics for Vermont*

Bias Motivation Categories by Year

Bias Motivation Category	2021	2022	2023
Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	30	34	36
Religion	5	5	13
Sexual Orientation	6	12	11
Disability	0	1	1
Gender	0	0	0
Gender Identity	0	0	1
Total:	41	52	52

Types of Crime

Crimes Against Persons	28	42.4%
Crimes Against Property	35	53.0%
Crimes Against Society	3	4.5%

Bias Motivation Categories

Race/Ethnicity/Ancestry	36	58.1%
Religion	13	21.0%
Sexual Orientation	11	17.7%
Disability	1	1.6%
Gender	0	0.0%
Gender Identity	1	1.6%

*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