With 153 anti-Sikh victimizations, Sikhs remain the third most-targeted religious group behind the Jewish and Muslim communities in hate crimes in 2024 despite a slight reduction from 2023, Sikh Coalition said citing latest FBI data.
The number of anti-Sikh hate incidents reported in calendar year 2024 shows a slight reduction, reflecting the overall decrease in reported hate crimes generally, it said FBI’s annual hate crime statistics report for 2024.
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“While the high-level information in this dataset is important for emphasizing that violent hate continues to pose a persistent challenge to our nation’s communities, it is important to recognize that the picture it paints remains fundamentally incomplete,” said the Sikh organization.
“Unfortunately, thousands of agencies are still reporting zero hate crimes to the FBI within their jurisdiction,” said the group which provides free, expert legal representation and counsel to Sikh victims of hate crimes.
“In some cases, this could be because of a total lack of bias-motivated crime in their areas—but more likely it reflects a combination of individuals being reluctant to come forward after experiencing hate, a failure by some law enforcement agencies to investigate or prosecute potentially bias-motivated crimes, inaccurate recording within those law enforcement agencies, and other such persistent issues.”
“Sikhs remain under threat from violent hate disproportionate to the size of our population,” said Mannirmal Kaur, Sikh Coalition Senior Federal Policy Manager. “Despite shortcomings in the collection of this data, this new information clearly shows that biased-based violence is still prevalent today—which means that to better protect all of our communities, the first and most basic step is to improve reporting across the country and more fully understand the scope of the problem.”
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The Sikh Coalition said it continues to advocate for measures like the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act (IRPHA, H.R. 2588), a bipartisan bill that has been proposed in the past two sessions of the U.S. House of Representatives.
IRPHA would compel local law enforcement agencies to make this dataset more inclusive and provide for additional education around hate crimes and bias incidents for both law enforcement and the general public.
“We also remain committed to ensuring that the experiences of our and other communities regarding violent hate continue to be a part of the national dialogue on this critical issue,” Sikh Coalition said.
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