(Jewish Group) CA report: Antisemitic hate crimes in California at highest level in a decade [View all]

Reported hate crimes in California surged last year, reaching their highest level since “skyrocket[ing]” after 9/11, the state’s attorney general office announced this week.

Data compiled by AG Rob Bonta’s office, released Tuesday, shows hate crimes reported to the state Department of Justice increased 32.6 percent from 2020, to 1,763 incidents in 2021.

Anti-Jewish hate crimes rose precipitously, reaching their highest level at least since 2012, the first year for which data is available. That year saw 91 anti-Jewish crimes tallied. Since then anti-Jewish crimes have risen steadily, reaching a then-high of 141 in 2019. They fell slightly in 2020, then rose again by 32.2 percent last year, with 152 total incidents.

Antisemitic hate crimes account for the overwhelming majority of reported bias crimes targeting members of a specific religion. The second most were aimed at Muslims (18) followed by Catholics (16).

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