Los Angeles County 2024 hate crime report finds record-high totals across several groups

Los Angeles County released its annual 2024 hate crime report on Thursday morning, revealing the second-highest total of incidents in 44 years.

At a news conference, officials detailed key findings from the report. Officials explained the county's 2024 Report on Hate Crime provided an analysis of hate crime data from the past year based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and disability.

The LA County Commission on Human Relations said there were 1,355 reported hate crimes in the county in 2024. The report also found "record-high crimes targeting African Americans, Israelis, Jewish people, Latino/as, LGBTQ+ individuals, Middle Easterners, Muslims, Scientologists, and women."

"Each of these numbers represents a person whose dignity was violated and whose community feels that harm. This year's report makes clear that hate isn't slowing—it's evolving and appearing in the daily lives of far too many Angelenos. As a County, we will not accept this as our new normal," said Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath.

The report's information is collected from more than 100 law enforcement agencies, school districts and community organizations. Helen Chin, president of the LA County Commission on Human Relations, explained that the report helps inform trainings for departments across the county, including law enforcement and crime victim assistance professionals.

"In the past, we may have referred to this wave of hate as unprecedented, but I will call it what it is: it is unacceptable," Chin said.

Other key findings from the report include:

• African Americans made up 51% of racial hate crime victims. There were 345 anti-Black crimes reported, the highest number ever reported.
• There were 102 anti-transgender crimes, the largest number ever documented in this report.
• Anti-Latino crimes slightly decreased from 145 to 143.
• Anti-Middle Eastern crimes significantly increased by 118%, the largest count in the commission's database.
• Anti-Israeli crimes increased by 27% from 22 to 28.
• Hate crimes taking place at schools grew from 139 to 147 and accounted for 11% of all hate crimes reported.

Chin said an important part of the report is that it reflects "continued increase in the reporting of hate acts, which suggests that even in a volatile political and social climate, survivors of hate violence understand the importance of sharing and reporting their experiences."

Use this link to access the full report.