FBI Data Show 189 Anti-Sikh, 32 Anti-Hindu Hate Crime Offenses in U.S. in 2025
Washington — U.S. law enforcement agencies recorded an estimated 189 anti-Sikh and 32 anti-Hindu hate crime offenses in 2025, according to newly released FBI data that do not provide a separate count for crimes targeting Indian Americans.
The figures were calculated from the FBI’s Reported Crimes in the Nation statistics, which break down hate crimes by religious, racial, ethnic and other forms of bias.
Law enforcement agencies reported 2,703 single-bias religious hate crime offenses in 2025. Anti-Sikh bias accounted for 7 percent of those offenses, or about 189 cases, while anti-Hindu bias accounted for 1.2 percent, or roughly 32 offenses.
Anti-Jewish bias represented 62.3 percent of religious hate crime offenses, the largest share, followed by anti-Islamic or anti-Muslim bias at 9.6 percent and anti-Sikh bias at 7 percent.
The FBI separately reported 2,798 victims of anti-religious hate crimes. About 6.9 percent, or approximately 193 people, were victims of anti-Sikh bias, while 1.2 percent, or about 34 people, were victims of anti-Hindu bias.
The number of victims can differ from the number of offenses because a single incident may involve multiple offenses or more than one victim.
The FBI does not classify Indian Americans as a separate racial or ethnic category. Indian-origin victims may have been counted under anti-Asian, anti-Hindu, anti-Sikh or other bias categories depending on the circumstances and how local authorities classified the offense.
As a result, the national summary does not show how many Indian Americans were victims of hate crimes in 2025.
The FBI said 7,200 single-bias hate crime offenses were motivated by race, ethnicity or ancestry. Anti-Asian bias accounted for 5.8 percent of those cases, equivalent to about 418 offenses.
Among 7,427 victims of race-, ethnicity- or ancestry-based hate crimes, 5.9 percent were targeted because of anti-Asian bias, representing approximately 438 victims. The data do not break the Asian category down by national origin.
Overall, law enforcement agencies reported 10,881 hate crime incidents involving 13,026 offenses in 2025. Those cases involved 13,438 victims and 9,509 known offenders.
The number of reported hate crime incidents fell about 6.8 percent from 11,679 in 2024 to 10,881 in 2025. The number of offenses declined from 13,683 to 13,026, while victims decreased from 14,243 to 13,438.
Using a separate dataset limited to agencies that submitted at least six comparable months of information in both years, the FBI calculated a 7 percent decline in reported incidents, from 11,404 in 2024 to 10,606 in 2025.
The published national summary did not provide separate 2024 figures for anti-Sikh, anti-Hindu or anti-Asian offenses, preventing direct year-over-year comparisons for those groups.
Of the 12,567 single-bias offenses reported in 2025, 57.3 percent were motivated by race, ethnicity or ancestry. Religious bias accounted for 21.5 percent and sexual orientation for 14.6 percent.
About 66.6 percent of all hate crime offenses were crimes against people, while 31.5 percent involved property and 1.9 percent were classified as crimes against society.
Among offenses against people, intimidation accounted for 43.1 percent and simple assault for 35.8 percent. Destruction, damage or vandalism represented 73.3 percent of hate crimes against property.
The FBI received hate crime data from 16,791 law enforcement agencies covering 95.3 percent of the U.S. population. Of those agencies, 3,067 reported at least one hate crime incident. (Source: IANS)
