The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), released their annual crime statistics for 2020 on September 27, 2021. The data demonstrated the largest single-year spike in homicides – nearly 30% – since the division began reporting in the early 1960s.

According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data, instances of hate crime in the United States have risen to the highest number in 12 years. A portion of this increase is due to attacks against Black and Asian Americans. The 2020 data was submitted to the FBI by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies across the country. The data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020.