Hate crimes reported in California dropped by more than 20 percent last year, continuing a trend that has held for most of the decade. A state Department of Justice report released this week says hate crimes declined by half since they peaked after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In 2009, 1,100 crimes motivated by race, religion, sexual orientation and other forms of bias were reported. That’s down from 1,397 in 2008 and 2,261 in 2001.

The decline from 2008 was led by double-digit drops in hate crimes against gays, blacks and Jews.

The 2009 report showed 245 crimes based on sexual orientation, 376 against blacks, 160 against Jews, 81 against Hispanics and 13 against Muslims.

Hate crimes have declined over the last decade, aside from a slight spike in 2007.

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