AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - Hate crimes against Latinos and Sikhs hit record high in 2025
Data: FBI/Brian Levin; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios Anti-Latino and anti-Sikh hate crimes in the U.S. soared to new records in 2025, even as overall hate crimes declined, according to preliminary FBI data reviewed by Axios. The big picture: Anti-Latino bias entered the top three most targeted categories for the first time in 34 years of hate crime data tracking. - "Whoever is the target of a particular sticky type of stereotype, particularly a fear-inducing one, you'll see that particular group spike," hate crime expert Brian Levin tells Axios. By the numbers: Overall hate-crime incidents fell 11% in 2025 from the previous year, according to Levin, who conducted the analysis for the California Association of Human Relations…