The number of hate crimes reported in Los Angeles last year rose about 10% from 2018 — and it was more than 40% higher than in 2016, a City Councilman says
Anti-Jewish hate crimes alone were up 60.5% over 2018 in the nation's second-largest city, and represented the largest single category in 2019 -- 69 of 322 total hate crimes reported by the Los Angeles Police Department, the data show.Councilman David Ryu released the data Wednesday from the LAPD, which annually has been reporting the numbers -- starting with 2016's set -- after the City Council requested them three years ago.
Numbers dropped slightly for anti-Hispanic crimes and anti-white crimes .• Hate crimes related to religion jumped 55%, to 81 last year from 52 in 2018.• Hate crimes related to sexual orientation were down slightly .• Crimes motivated by hate of transgender people rose slightly, to 21 last year, from 17 in 2018.National perspectiveNationally, the number of hate crimes that law enforcement agencies report to the FBI has been elevated in recent years.
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