As of Monday, April 17, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) had logged 12 hate crime offenses in 2023, representing just 0.04% of the 30,088 reported crimes committed within Dallas city limits so far this year.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, six hate crimes had been logged by DPD from the beginning of the year through March 28. Like all other crimes, such reports are ultimately substantiated, downgraded, or otherwise tossed out depending on further investigation by law enforcement.
While there have been 12 offenses reported, the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard for victim demographics indicates that there have only been 11 victims, suggesting two hate crimes were committed against one individual at some point this year. That additional offense was a case of vandalism.
All 11 victims reportedly suffered some type of assault. Three were aggravated assaults, three were assaults by intimidation, and five were categorized as simple assaults.
The crime overview page of the dashboard gives some indication of the nature of all 12 alleged crimes.
Five were designated anti-black, three were anti-homosexual, one was anti-Hispanic, one was anti-Jewish, one was anti-transgender, and one was labeled “ANTI OTHER ETHNICITY/NATL ORIGIN.”
Of the 11 victims, 10 were male and one was female. Their ages ranged from 10 to 53 years old. Three were black, four were white, and four were Latino or Hispanic.
The majority of the reported hate crime offenses occurred in City Council Member Jesse Moreno’s District 2, according to the dashboard. DPD logged eight offenses in his Central Dallas district, five of which occurred in April.
As for the rest, two were committed in Council Member Chad West’s District 1, one happened in Council Member Adam McGough’s District 10, and another occurred in Council Member Paul Ridley’s District 14.
Year to date, Moreno’s district saw a 300% increase in hate crime offenses compared to 2022. The Dallas Express reached out to Council Member Moreno’s office for comment but did not receive a response by the deadline.
