SACRAMENTO, California — Sikhs in California are experiencing a small spike in bias-motivated attacks, according to the 2023 Annual Hate Crimes report released by Attorney General Rob Bonta.
In 2023, a total of 1,970 hate crimes were reported by law enforcement agencies in California, a drop from 2022, in which 2,120 bias attacks were reported. In 2021, 2,180 hate crimes were reported throughout the state.
Sikhs experienced a total of five attacks in 2023, up from 2022, when four attacks were reported. In 2021, no bias-related attacks against Sikhs were reported to the state’s local law enforcement agencies, which collect incident reports and determine whether to send them to prosecutors.
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