Hate crimes against Latinos and Sikhs hit record high in 2025
The article reports that anti-Latino and anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. reached record levels in 2025, despite an overall decline in hate crimes, citing FBI data and analysis by hate crime expert Brian Levin. It notes factors such as the Trump administration's immigration policies and rhetoric as potential contributors to the surge in anti-Latino hate crimes.
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“Anti-Latino and anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. soared to new records in 2025, even as overall hate crimes declined”
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“Anti-Latino bias entered the top three most targeted categories for the first time in 34 years of hate crime data tracking”
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— Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Hispanic or Latino American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Lati…
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“Overall hate-crime incidents fell 11% in 2025 from the previous year”
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“Anti-Latino hate crimes rose 18% to a record 1,014 incidents in 2025”
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“Anti-Sikh hate crimes shot up from 6 in 2015 to 228 last year — a 3,700% increase”
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“Anti-Jewish hate crimes dropped 29%”
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“Anti-trans hate crimes have remained on a sustained plateau — 98% above its 13-year average”
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“2025 ranked as the 5th-highest year for hate crime in the 34-year history of FBI-collected police data”
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“Overall hate crimes last year were still up 88% since 2015”
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“Anti-trans hate crimes have surged 395% while anti-Latino cases jumped 239%”
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“The FBI's Crime Data Explorer notes that monthly updates were paused in April 2026”
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