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Antisemitic Incidents Report January-June 2025

6 August 2025

CST’s Antisemitic Incidents Report January-June 2025, published today, shows CST recorded 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the UK from January to June 2025. This is the second-highest total of anti-Jewish hate incidents ever recorded by CST in the first half of any year, second only to the first six months of 2024 which saw 2,019 antisemitic incidents following the immediate aftermath of the 7 October Hamas terror attack on Israel.

A further 1,081 potential incidents were reported to CST that are not included among the report’s statistics as, upon further investigation, they did not evidence antisemitic language, motivation or targeting. Many of these potential incidents involve suspicious activity or possible hostile reconnaissance at Jewish locations, and they play an important role in informing CST’s provision of protection to the Jewish community.

The 1,521 incidents recorded in January-June 2025 reflect the sustained levels of antisemitism recorded across the UK. The landscape of antisemitism in 2025 is dominated by the aftermath of the 7 October 2023 terror attack and the prolonged subsequent conflict in the Middle East. The sustained prominence of the war in media coverage, political rhetoric and public discourse has contributed to an enduring high level of antisemitic sentiment and reporting. This impact is evident in the fact that 779 incidents, 51% of the overall total, referenced or were linked to Israel, Gaza, the Hamas terror attack, or the subsequent conflict

Seven hundred and three incidents evidenced anti-Zionist political motivation that went beyond more superficial discourse about the region or the conflict, alongside explicitly antisemitic comments or abuse aimed at unsuspecting Jewish people. The terms “Zionist” or “Zionism” were employed in 210 instances, while the offender made a direct comparison between Israel and the Nazis on 172 occasions.

Every month in the first half of 2025 saw at least 200 incidents, as has every month bar one since the 7 October attack. In contrast, before the Hamas terror attack, CST only recorded more than 200 incidents in a month on five occasions, all of which had occurred when Israel was at war (CST has been recording antisemitic incidents since 1984). The highest monthly total in the first half of 2025 came in June, with 326 incidents, coinciding with an escalation in the Israeli military operation in Gaza and war between Israel and Iran. The highest daily total for antisemitic incidents in the first half of 2025 was 26 incidents reported on 29 June, the day after the punk-rap group, Bob Vylan, had led mass chanting of “Death, Death to the IDF” at the Glastonbury Festival, broadcast by the BBC. The second worst day for anti-Jewish hate was 17 May, when 19 incidents were recorded, 11 of which involved antisemitic placards at an anti-Israel demonstration in London, the day after Israel announced an expansion of its military operation in Gaza.

CST recorded 76 violent anti-Jewish assaults in the first six months of 2025, three of which were so severe as to be recorded in the category of Extreme Violence (meaning they involved GBH or a threat to life). Taken together, these acts of violence comprise 5% of the overall half-year total: the lowest proportion for several years. There were 84 cases of Damage & Desecration of Jewish Property; 96 incidents of Direct Threats; 21 incidents of mass-produced antisemitic Literature; and 1,236 incidents in the category of Abusive Behaviour, which includes all forms of verbal and written abuse, online and offline. Overall, there were 572 online incidents reported to CST in the first half of 2025, 38% of the total and a fall of 12% from the corresponding period last year.

CST recorded 774 antisemitic incidents in Greater London in the first six months of 2025, a decrease of 26% from 1,051 over the same timeframe in 2024; and 194 antisemitic incidents in Greater Manchester, a decrease of 28% from the 270 incidents reported last year. These figures constitute 64% of the UK’s six-monthly total, compared to 65% between January and June 2024. These communal hubs are home to the majority of the Jewish community in the UK, and the consistency in these percentages suggests overall reliability in the trends shown by the figures, even if the true numerical totals will be considerably higher due to under reporting. Elsewhere in the UK, the police regions with the highest half-year antisemitic incident figures were West Yorkshire with 73 incidents, Hertfordshire with 52 incidents, West Midlands with 39 incidents, Scotland with 36 incidents, and Sussex with 32 incidents. The only mainland police region where CST did not record a single incident in the first six months of 2025 was Suffolk.

Read the full Antisemitic Incidents January-June 2025 report.