Resources
Author: Public Policy Institute of California
Year: Published 5/28/2024
Method: Secondary data analysis of California Department of Justice’s Open Justice Hate Crime dataset between 2001-2022
Population: Asian, Latino, and Black; California specific
Summary of findings: Overall long-term trends indicate a concerning pattern. Reported hate crimes in California fell markedly after 2001, the first year we can track. After hitting a low point in 2014, hate crimes rose fairly steadily until 2020. Between 2019 and 2022 these crimes more than doubled, from 1,015 to 2,120. Some of the largest increases were in crimes targeting Black, Latino, and Asian Californians. From 2019 to 2022, hate crimes against Black Californians nearly tripled from 243 to 661; those against Latinos almost doubled from 110 to 210; and those against Asians more than tripled from 43 to 143 (anti-Asian hate crimes peaked at 248 in 2021).