Annual Hate Crime Reporting

Foster City Police Department Monthly Hate Crime Reporting

 

Effective January 1, 2023, pursuant to amended PC § 13023, police departments in California are required to report monthly on their websites information they share with the Department of Justice pertaining to hate crimes reported in their jurisdictions.

 

Definition of a Hate Crime

A hate crime is a crime against a person, group, or property motivated by the victim's real or perceived protected social group. You may be the victim of a hate crime if you have been targeted because of your actual or perceived: (1) disability, (2) gender, (3) nationality, (4) race or ethnicity, (5) religion, (6) sexual orientation, and (7) association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Hate crimes are serious crimes that may result in imprisonment or jail time.

 

Reporting Year: 2024

Month

Number of Reported Hate Crimes

January

1

February

0

March

0

April

 

May

 

June

 

July

 

August

 

September

 

October

 

November

 

December

 

Looking for older data?  See: Reports from previous years

This document will serve as the monthly reporting requirement for the Foster City Police Department pertaining to reported hate crimes. This report only will serve as a summary, any further inquiries may be routed through contacting the Foster City Police Department for further information regarding the investigations at (650) 286-3300.