Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom rose to 3,700 cases in 2025, according to new figures released by the Community Security Trust (CST), marking the second-highest annual total ever recorded in Britain.
The figure represents a 4 percent increase from 2024 and continues a sustained rise in incidents following the October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. CST said 2025 was the first year in which more than 200 anti-Jewish hate incidents were recorded in every calendar month.
The latest figures come as fresh attacks in Jewish areas of London have intensified fears over community safety. Earlier this month, two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, in what authorities are treating as a terror-related incident.
London accounted for nearly half of all recorded incidents nationwide, with 1,844 cases reported across Greater London alone. Online antisemitism reached a record high of 1,541 incidents in 2025, up 23 percent from the previous year, while incidents involving schools rose to 204 cases, roughly double levels seen before 2023.
The CST also recorded 191 incidents targeting residential properties, the highest number on record, alongside a sharp rise in football-related antisemitic abuse.
Violent attacks remain a major concern. According to Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs, the UK recorded the highest per capita rate of antisemitic assaults among countries with significant Jewish populations in 2025. Britain’s Jewish population is estimated at between 292,000 and 313,000 people.
Recent months have seen a series of high-profile incidents. In October 2025, an attack on Manchester’s Heaton Park synagogue during Yom Kippur left two people dead and several others injured. Authorities have also investigated arson attacks targeting Jewish ambulances and synagogues, while several alleged plots have reportedly been disrupted before they could be carried out.
Government Response and Community Concerns
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described antisemitism as a “crisis” and recently met with Jewish community leaders to discuss security concerns and government responses.
In May 2026, the Crown Prosecution Service introduced updated guidance aimed at accelerating hate crime prosecutions, particularly antisemitic offences. Prosecutors handled 658 religious hate crime cases in the year to September 2025, with officials reporting high conviction rates.
The government has also announced additional funding measures, including £1 million for programmes aimed at tackling antisemitism and £500,000 in support for Barnet Council following recent incidents in north London. Metropolitan Police have expanded dedicated protection measures around Jewish communities and religious sites.
Home Office figures for England and Wales recorded 137,550 hate crimes overall in the year ending March 2025, with religious hate crimes making up a significant proportion of offences. Jewish people continue to face the highest per capita rate of religious hate crime in the country.
Community groups and security experts say tensions linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict, online radicalisation, extremist activity, and rising political polarisation have contributed to the sustained increase in antisemitic abuse.
The CST said the continued elevation in incidents since 2023 reflects a major shift in the scale of antisemitic hate reported across Britain, raising renewed concerns over security, social cohesion, and trust in public institutions.
