Hate Crimes Increase In State, Nation

New FBI data shows that the number of hate crimes in Massachusetts rose substantially in 2021 over the previous year.

There were 407 hate crimes reported last year, which is a 31 percent increase over the 310 hate crimes in the state in 2020.

There were 111 hate crimes reported in Boston last year, which was a huge jump from the 44 reported in the city in 2020.

Nationwide, there were more than 72 hundred hate crimes reported in the FBI data.

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