The data represents all National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Group A offenses and Harassment in the Group B category that indicated Hate Bias on the report.
The data is not NIBRS compliant and cannot be compared to any reports using that standard.
The data does not represent the number of incidents or individuals. A victim might be listed multiple times depending on the number of offenses with Hate Biased indicated on a single report and there could also be multiple victims per incident.  The data is based on the best available information and is subject to change and/or revision.