LOS ANGELES — The City of Los Angeles is on pace to set another record for hate crimes this year according to data just released by Crosstown.

In the first six months of 2022, 349 hate crimes were reported to the LAPD. That’s a nearly 17% increase from the same time last year and more than double the number reported in the first six months of 2020.

Catt Phan is an Asian-American woman from Irvine who said she never expected to become one of these statistics.