Welcome

Welcome to this comprehensive overview of hate crime data for New York City and New York State. This page presents key indicators of reported bias-motivated incidents, drawn from official datasets produced by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). Whether you are a policymaker, public-health practitioner, community partner or concerned citizen, the intent is to provide clear, accessible information on how hate crime is measured, distributed and classified across jurisdictions.

Data Overview

The datasets presented here include monthly counts of confirmed hate-crime incidents in New York City and annual or multi-year counts of incidents by county, type, bias motive and other categories in New York State. The NYPD dataset offers detailed incident-level data for the city (including bias motive and legal classification) and is publicly available on NYC Open Data. The state dataset compiled by DCJS provides county-level counts and bias-type breakdowns for incidents reported by law enforcement agencies across the state. Both sources are grounded in law-enforcement reporting systems, and the definitions, classification rules and coverage differ accordingly; users should refer to the original data documentation for full technical details.

How to Use These Data

Use these data to identify the scale and structure of recorded bias-motivated incidents, to compare across jurisdictions and bias categories, and to inform programmatic or policy responses. For example, you can compare the number of incidents by bias motive, map incident counts or rates by geography, or examine outcomes such as arrests by category. The outputs on this page—tables, maps and charts—are designed to support decision-making: for instance, assessing resource allocation, designing outreach and prevention activities, or monitoring trends of interest. While the visualizations display data over time and across categories, remember to interpret them in context—especially given variations in reporting, classification and data completeness.

Why Are These Data Important?

Hate crimes strike at the core of community safety, inclusion and trust in institutions. Data on hate crimes help public-health officials, law-enforcement agencies and community partners to identify populations and places at elevated risk, allocate resources to prevention and support services, and monitor the effectiveness of interventions or policy changes. Furthermore, because bias-motivated incidents may affect mental-health outcomes, community cohesion and perceptions of safety, these data provide a valuable link to broader public-health objectives. In short, accurate and accessible hate-crime data form a foundation for targeted action and accountability.

What Do These Data Show?

The data show how many incidents have been reported and classified as hate crimes by bias motive, offense type or geographic unit, as well as measures of incident rate (where population data allow). They reveal how law-enforcement agencies record and publish bias-motivated incident data—allowing comparisons between the city and state, across bias categories and over time. The maps, tables and trend charts enable identification of where incidents are concentrated, how they are classified, and how outcomes such as arrests vary by category or location.

What Do These Data Not Show?

These data do not capture all hate-motivated wrongdoing: they reflect only incidents that law-enforcement agencies have classified and reported as hate crimes. Differences in reporting, classification, investigation and community willingness to report mean that the numbers are likely an under-count of all bias-motivated harm. The data also do not provide comprehensive details on victim or offender demographics, psychological or social impact, or the broader forms of harassment or bias incidents that fall outside statutory hate-crime definitions. Users should therefore avoid interpreting these figures as a complete measure of bias-motivated harm or community sentiment.

Implications for Policy and Practice

For policymakers and public-health leaders, these data suggest several actionable directions: allocating resources to jurisdictions or bias categories with higher incident counts or rates; strengthening data-collection, reporting and classification practices to reduce under-reporting; and linking hate-crime monitoring to prevention, victim-support and community engagement strategies. Specifically, low arrest or clearance rates by bias motive may merit review of investigative capacity, while geographic “hot spots” highlighted in maps can inform deployment of community outreach or law-enforcement initiatives. Ultimately, when used responsibly, these data support evidence-based strategies to reduce bias-motivated harm, strengthen community resilience and promote safer, more inclusive environments across New York.

Executive Summary¹

Date: April 28, 2026 Subject: Briefing on Hate Crime Data Trends in New York City and New York State

This briefing summarizes recent hate crime data for New York City and New York State, based on information from the NYPD and the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). It is important to note that the data sources cover different time periods and may use different classification criteria. According to NYPD data, New York City recorded 602 hate crime incidents in 2025, a 15.6% decrease from 713 incidents in 2024. For the first three months of 2026, the city has recorded 149 incidents, a slight increase from the 141 incidents reported during the same period in 2025. Statewide data from DCJS are available through 2024, showing 989 incidents, which represents a 7.0% decrease from 1,063 incidents in 2023.

In New York City, incidents with an anti-Jewish bias motivation continue to be the most frequently reported category by a substantial margin. In 2025, there were 341 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents reported, accounting for 56.6% of all hate crimes in the city. This total is more than seven times higher than the next most frequent categories, which were anti-Black (46 incidents) and anti-male homosexual (gay) (42 incidents). This distribution is consistent with previous years, where anti-Jewish incidents have comprised the dominant share of all reported hate crimes.

The statewide data for 2024 reflect a similar pattern. Of the 989 hate crimes reported across New York State, 471 (47.6%) were classified as anti-Jewish. This figure is more than four times greater than the next most common motivations, which were anti-gay male (108 incidents) and anti-Black (106 incidents). The data reported by DCJS for New York City may differ from the totals reported by the NYPD due to variations in reporting timelines and incident classification methodologies between the two agencies. Nonetheless, both datasets consistently identify anti-Jewish bias as the motive in a far greater number of incidents than any other category.

Analysis of the data reveals two notable patterns. The first is the persistent and substantially disproportionate frequency of anti-Jewish hate crimes. This pattern is evident in both the city and state data across multiple years, underscoring that this single bias category consistently constitutes nearly half or more of all reported incidents. The second notable pattern is a substantial increase in reported anti-female hate crimes in New York City during 2025. The city recorded 19 such incidents in 2025, a 58% increase from the 12 incidents reported in 2024. This increase was driven almost entirely by a cluster of 19 incidents in November 2025, which may suggest a specific series of related events or an emerging area for concern.

Geographically, hate crimes in New York City are most concentrated in Brooklyn’s 90th Precinct (Williamsburg) and in Manhattan’s 14th (Midtown South) and 19th (Upper East Side) Precincts. Statewide, the five boroughs of New York City account for the highest absolute number of incidents. However, when population is considered, the 2024 data show that several other counties, including New York (Manhattan), Tompkins, Delaware, and Rockland, also had high rates of reported hate crimes per 100,000 residents. It is crucial to recognize the limitations of these data, as they only reflect crimes reported to police and may not capture the full scope of hate-motivated incidents. Furthermore, arrest rates fluctuate; the average monthly arrest rate in NYC was approximately 48% in 2024 and 39% in 2025, a change which could reflect numerous factors including shifts in offense types or evidence availability.

Hate Crimes in New York City

Hate Crimes in New York State