Hate Crime Incidents in New York State by Reporting Agency
What does this measure?
This table shows the number of hate crimes reported by Mid-Hudson counties and New York State from 2019 to 2023. The Oxford Dictionary defines a hate crime is a crime typically involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or similar grounds.
Summary Statement
From 2019 to 2023, reported hate crimes in New York counties varied widely. Orange County had fluctuations throughout the reported years, starting at 11 in 2019, decreasing to 5 in the following year, and remaining at 5 in 2021, before increasing to 8 in 2022 and 13 in 2023. Putnam County had the lowest numbers throughout the 5 years, reporting 0 in 2019, 2021, and 2022, 1 in 2020, and 3 in 2023.
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