Via UMC.

D.C. had 70 hate crime incidents in 2014, according to newly released statistics from the FBI. While hate crimes in D.C. are statistically less likely to be motivated by race than the national average, they are more than twice as likely to be motivated by sexual orientations and more than 10 times as likely to be motivated by gender identity.

Of those 70, 41 percent, or 29 of those incidents, were motivated by bias based on sexual orientation; 21 percent, or 15 incidents, based on gender identity; 19 percent, or 13, based on race; and 11 percent, or 8, based on religion. In one reported incident, the offender reported more than one bias.

The large percentage of hate crimes in the District based on sexual orientation and gender identity differs from the national trend. Nationwide, 47 percent of the 5,462 single-bias incidents were racially motivated, whereas nearly 19 percent were motivated by bias against sexual orientation, and 1.8 percent were motivated by gender identity bias.

The total number of offenses in D.C. is even higher than the number of incidents—87. The majority of those are offenses against people, including 31 instances of simple assault, 19 cases of intimidation, 18 aggravated assaults, and one rape. Of the 18 offenses against property, 16 are destruction/damage/vandalism and two are robbery.

Of the 70 reported hate crimes from 2014, 68 were handled and reported by the Metro Police Department and two by Metro Transit Police.

The FBI annually releases data collected by more than 15,000 law enforcement agencies as part of its uniform crime reporting program.