Hate crime, also called bias crime, involves those offenses motivated in part or singularly by personal prejudice against others because of a diversity -- race, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity/national origin, or disability. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s responsibility regarding hate crime is to provide a reliable set of statistics through the Hate Crime Data Collection Program. Though law enforcement agencies need only report data for 1 month of a year to be included, most agencies that participate in the Program submit four quarters of data. In 2000, nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide reported data to the UCR program. A total of 11,690 law enforcement agencies in 48 States and the District of Columbia reported 8,063 bias-motivated criminal incidents to the FBI in 2000. The incidents consisted of 9,430 separate offenses, 9,924 victims, and 7,530 known distinguishable offenders. According to this data, 53.8 percent of the 8,055 single-bias incidents were motivated by racial bias; 18.3 percent by religious bias; 16.1 percent by sexual orientation bias; 11.3 percent by ethnicity/national origin bias; and 0.5 percent by disability and multiple biases. In 2000, 65 percent of the 9,430 hate crime offenses reported were attributed to crimes against persons. Crimes against property made up over 34 percent of the total, and crimes against society composed 0.6 percent. Within the offense type crimes against persons, intimidation was the most frequently reported offense. Within the offense type crimes against property, destruction/damage/vandalism was the most frequently reported offense. Nineteen hate-motivated murders were reported. In the 8,063 incidents, by known offender’s race, over 64 percent were white, over 18 percent were Black, one percent were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.6 percent were American Indian/Alaskan Native. The highest percent of reported hate crime incidents, 32 percent, occurred in/on residential properties. Appendix