HATE CRIMES/VIOLENCE DATA OVER A SEVEN YEAR PERIOD
(1999-2005)

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 over 7 years: 472
Total number of deaths over 7 years: 169
Total number of non-lethal attacks over 7 years: 303
Number of cities where crimes occurred over 7 years: 165
Number of states where crimes occurred over 7 years:  42 states plus Puerto Rico
Age ranges of the accused/convicted: from 11 to 75 years of age
Age ranges of the victims: from 4 months old to 74 years of age
Gender of victims: male: 358 female: 48

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