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The findings from this report came primarily from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which has been collecting data on crimes motivated by hate since 2003.

This report presents NCVS data on the characteristics of hate crimes and hate crime victims from 2003 to 2012. Trend estimates are based on 2-year rolling averages centered on the most recent year. This method generally improves the reliability and stability of estimate comparisons over time. For ease of discussion, the report refers to all 2-year estimates by the most recent year. For example, estimates reported for 2012 represent the average estimates for 2011 and 2012. This report will also show “hate crime motivation and number + rate of hate crimes, crimes involving weapons and crimes that are and are not reported to police.