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: December 29, 2025
Subject: Hate Crime Trends in New York City and State: An Analysis of Recent Data

This briefing provides an analysis of hate crime data for New York City and New York State. It prioritizes the most current data from the New York City Police Department (NYPD), which extends through September 2025, and provides context using annual data from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) through 2024. The data from these two sources may differ due to variations in reporting and classification standards. Through the first nine months of 2025, New York City recorded 414 hate crime incidents. This represents a substantial decrease of 155 incidents, or 27.2%, compared to the 569 incidents recorded during the same period in 2024. This follows a smaller year-over-year decrease of 5.8% for the full year 2024 (714 incidents) compared to 2023 (758 incidents).

The first notable pattern observed in both city and state data is the persistent and substantial volume of incidents motivated by anti-Jewish bias. In New York City, anti-Jewish incidents accounted for 52% of all reported hate crimes in 2024 (371 of 714 incidents) and 55% in the first nine months of 2025 (228 of 414 incidents). This total is substantially greater than that of any other bias motivation category. For example, in 2024, the number of anti-Jewish incidents was more than four times higher than the next most frequent category, anti-Male Homosexual (Gay) incidents, which numbered 87. This long-standing pattern underscores that anti-Jewish bias remains the dominant motivation for reported hate crimes in the city.

The second notable pattern is the overall decrease in reported incidents in the most recent reporting periods, though trends for specific bias motivations vary. Statewide DCJS data show a 7.0% decrease in total hate crimes from 1,063 incidents in 2023 to 989 in 2024. This was driven in part by a substantial decrease in anti-Black incidents, which fell by 43.0% from 186 to 106 incidents statewide. Conversely, incidents targeting Muslims increased by 42.9% statewide, from 35 incidents in 2023 to 50 in 2024. In New York City, the 27.2% year-to-date decrease in 2025 reflects declines across multiple categories, including anti-Jewish incidents, which fell from 295 to 228 (-22.7%) when comparing the first nine months of 2024 and 2025.

Several factors should be considered when interpreting these data. The NYPD data for 2025 are preliminary and incomplete, as they do not yet include totals for October and November. Furthermore, fluctuations in reported hate crimes may not solely reflect changes in the number of offenses occurring; they could also indicate shifts in community trust, public awareness campaigns encouraging reporting, or modifications in how law enforcement agencies classify and record these crimes. The consistent discrepancy between NYPD and DCJS totals for New York City likely stems from these differences in classification methodology.

In summary, the most recent data suggest two key developments: a continued, disproportionately high number of hate crimes motivated by anti-Jewish bias, and a recent decrease in the overall number of reported incidents in both New York City and across the state. While the overall decrease is a noteworthy development, the underlying patterns show that certain groups remain the primary targets of bias-motivated offenses. Geographically, within New York City, incidents are not evenly distributed. The data show sustained concentrations of reported hate crimes in specific precincts within Brooklyn (e.g., the 90th, 70th, and 61st Precincts) and Manhattan (e.g., the 14th and 19th Precincts), suggesting that localized factors may influence where these crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes in New York City

Hate Crimes in New York State