Hate crimes reported to FBI jumped 17 percent in 2017

By Kelly Cohen

Published November 13, 2018 5:18pm ET

Hate crimes reported to FBI jumped 17 percent in 2017 — A woman and her children pause Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, to take in a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue honoring the 11 people killed Oct 27, 2018 while worshipping in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. | (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

There were 7,175 hate crimes reported to the FBI in 2017, an increase of 17 percent.

The double-digit jump is three times more than the 5 percent increase the FBI reported in 2016, making it the third year in a row that reported hate crimes have risen.

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