In its inaugural report released May 22, California’s year-old CA vs. Hate program found that anti-Hindu incidents were the second most common religion-related hate crime reported to a state-sponsored hotline in the past year.
The non-emergency hate crime reporting hotline, administered by the California Civil Rights Department with support from organizations supporting minority groups in the state, saw 1,020 reports of hate in the past year. Of those reported as anti-religious incidents, 36.9 percent were anti-Jewish and 14.6 percent were anti-Muslim. Anti-Hindu crimes fell in between the two, at 23.3 percent.
According to the California Department of Public Affairs, approximately 24 out of 103 crimes reported targeted Hindus, among cases where information on religious bias motivation was provided.
