Anti-Asian attacks spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic
After three decades in which there was an average of 8.1 anti-Asian attacks a year in the U.S., 2020 and 2021 saw an average of 81.5 anti-Asian attacks a year. Both attacks on people and attacks on property rose considerably.
A bar chart showing the number of anti-Asian attacks in the U.S. for each year from 1990 to 2021, broken down by whether they were violent attacks, property attacks or something else.