HATE CRIMES/VIOLENCE DATA OVER A NINE YEAR PERIOD (1999-2007):

Over the past decade, advocates, homeless shelter workers, and the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) all began to recognize that reports of hate crimes and violent acts against people experiencing homelessness were increasing with frequency and brutality.  As a result, in 1999, the NCH began publishing annual reports documenting hate crimes and violent attacks against people experiencing homelessness.  These annual reports have not only served to document the number of deaths and non-lethal attacks, but have included the individual stories of the victims of these crimes.  This annual study makes evident the great number of crimes as well as the large geographic area in which they occur.

Total number of violent acts of 9 years:   774

Total number of deaths over 9 years:       217

Total number of non-lethal attacks over 9 years:        557

Total Number of cities where crimes occurred over 9 years: 235

Total number of states where crimes occurred over 9 years: 45 plus Puerto Rico

Age range of the accused/convicted:         10 to 75 years of age

Age range of the victims:       4 months to 74 years of age

Gender of victims: Male: 463    Female:   66