LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Reported hate crimes in 2021 in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, rose to their highest level since 2002, said a new report released on Wednesday.
According to the 2021 Hate Crime Report released by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, there were 786 hate crimes reported in the county, a 23 percent spike from the previous year. For the past 7 years, hate crimes in the county, home to over 10 million residents, have been trending upwards and since 2013 there has been a 105 percent increase.
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