In New York City, it’s up 14%. Up 27% in Houston and up 30% in the City of Brotherly Love. In the City of Angels, it is up 41%. And in Chicago, it is up a whopping 85%.
Depending on our perspectives, we could try guessing the activity. Car thefts? COVID hospitalizations? Unemployment? Public school enrollment? Births?
Unfortunately, none of these would be the correct answer. These increases belong to the national jump in hate crimes, rising 22% from 2021 to 2022, according to new data from Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism. These numbers reflect increases in anti-Black, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Jewish, anti-Asian, and anti-Latino hate crimes.