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Table 2 Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation

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Police-reported hate crimes, by type of motivation
  2006 2007
  number %1 number  %1
Race or ethnicity 502 100.0 489 100.0
Black 238 48.0 154 32.8
East and Southeast Asian 25 5.0 55 11.7
South Asian 66 13.3 53 11.3
Caucasian 24 4.8 49 10.4
Arab or West Asian 61 12.3 29 6.2
Aboriginal 16 3.2 13 2.8
Multiple races or ethnicities 37 7.5 84 17.9
Other 29 5.8 32 6.8
Unknown 6 ... 20 ...
Religion 220 100.0 185 100.0
Jewish 137 63.4 124 68.9
Muslim (Islam) 46 21.3 29 16.1
Catholic 13 6.0 15 8.3
Other 20 9.3 12 6.7
Unknown 4 ... 5 ...
Sexual orientation 80 100.0 79 100.0
Homosexual (lesbian or gay) 78 97.5 75 96.2
Other 2 2.5 3 3.8
Unknown 0 ... 1 ...
Other motivations 22 100.0 15 100.0
Mental or physical disability 5 22.7 3 20.0
Language 8 36.4 3 20.0
Sex 5 22.7 2 13.3
Other similar factor1 4 18.2 7 46.7
Unknown 68 ... 17 ...
Total 892 ... 785 ...
not applicable
Percentages exclude unknowns.