A report from America’s top domestic intelligence agency has revealed the scale of LGBTQ+ hate crimes reported in the US.

The latest annual crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that violent crime committed against the LGBTQ+ community remains among the top reported hate crime categories in the US.

Published on Tuesday (5 August), the report found that attacks based on a victim’s sexual orientation made up 17.2 per cent of all hate crime in the US in 2024, while attacks based on gender identity made up 4 per cent.

According to the FBI’s crime data explorer, of the 13,175 offences reported across the US over the last year, 2,263 recorded incidents were based on a victim’s sexual orientation, while 531 were based on a victim’s gender identity .

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