Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(CNN) - The number of hate crime incidents reported to the FBI last year remain at the heightened levels they surged to in 2017, according to statistics released Tuesday by the bureau.
"After about a 30% increase over the last few years, hate crimes overall took a pause (last year) but the more violent types of hate crimes did not.
The new data also showed that bias against Jews comprised 57.8% of reported offenses motivated by religion, followed by 14.5% of reported offenses targeting Muslims.
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement on Tuesday urged Congress to "immediately" pass hate crime legislation.
"It is unacceptable that Jews and Jewish institutions continue to be at the center of religion-based hate crime attacks," Greenblatt said.