October 27, 2003
Source: Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HatCr_51/4386_51.htm
On October 27, 2003 Anti-Defamation League reported that "the annual FBI crime report released today indicated that hate crimes across the country declined from record high levels of 2001...The 2002 FBI hate crime data, released today and collected under the mandate of the 1990 Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA), documented 7,462 hate crimes – an almost 23 percent decrease from the 9,730 hate crimes reported by the FBI in 2001. The report documents over 1,400 religion-based crimes – more than 65 percent directed against Jews and Jewish institutions. "