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Arizona Hate Crimes Hit Their Highest Level Since 9/11--and It's Likely an Undercount
Nearly 200 hate crimes were reported last year in Phoenix alone.
Hate crimes in Arizona in 2020 were the highest reported since 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, according to new FBI statistics, but advocates and experts say many more hate crimes mostly likely were unreported.
According to the FBI’s voluntary Uniform Crime Report, Arizona recorded 282 hate crimes in 2020, continuing an upward trend from 2019 and registering one of the highest in the past 30 years.
Nationally, hate crimes increased to 8,263 in 2020 from 7,287 in 2019, according to the data.
Read more: https://coppercourier.com/story/hate-crimes-hit-decade-high-arizona/