Hate crimes are those committed because of a bias against race, religion, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. These statistics are part of an attempt by the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program to determine the scope and nature of hate crimes. In 1999, approximately 17,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide reported data to the UCR Program. A total of 12,122 law enforcement agencies in 48 States and the District of Columbia submitted summary or incident-based reports to the Hate Crime Data Collection Program. Hate crime data were collected for 11 offense categories. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, and intimidation were classified as crimes against persons. Robbery, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, and destruction/damage/vandalism of property were classified as crimes against property. The report is divided into two sections: Hate Crime Statistics and Jurisdictional Hate Crime Statistics. Figures may or may not represent complete 12-month totals for any given agency. Tables, appendix