The number of antisemitic incidents recorded in the UK between January and June 2025 is the second-highest figure ever seen by the Community Security Trust in any first half of a year, the organization revealed on Wednesday.
This half-year comes second only to the same period last year in terms of the quantity of antisemitic incidents.
The CST, a charity that monitors antisemitism and provides security for the Jewish community in Britain, recorded 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the UK during the first half of 2025, with at least 200 incidents every month. Nevertheless, this is 25% lower than the first six months of 2024, which saw 2,019 antisemitic incidents.
The new CST report revealed that more than half (51%) of the overall total antisemitic incidents in the first six months of 2025 were linked to Israel, Gaza, the Hamas massacre, or the subsequent conflict.
The highest monthly total came in June 2025, with 326 incidents, which the trust pointed out coincided with the Israel-Iran war.
In total, 76% of all incidents showed evidence of one or more political or ideological discourses or motivations – whether anti-Zionist, far-right, Islamist, or other – alongside anti-Jewish language, motivation, or targeting.
The CST also 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. Of these three attacks, one involved a bottle, one involved a box cutter, and the other involved a hammer.
The other 73 were classed as assault, including 20 incidents where the victim was punched or kicked and 15 where something was thrown, such as eggs, stones, or bricks.
One case study of assault provided in the report occurred in April, when a non-Jewish woman was told, “You’re f***ing Jewish; I hate you; f*** you” by a group of men and women at a Lancashire hotel pub. The victim replied that she was not Jewish and left but was followed by the group. One of the women started attacking her, punching her, knocking her to the ground, and continuing to punch her, while one of the men started to kick her in the ribs.
In addition to the violent incidents, there were 84 cases of damage and desecration of Jewish property, 96 direct threats, 21 incidents of mass-produced antisemitic literature, and 1,236 incidents in the category of abusive behavior.
Most incidents occured in Greater London
In terms of geographical distribution, the highest number of incidents was in Greater London, followed by Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, the West Midlands, Scotland, and Sussex, in that order.
“These are extreme levels of Jew-hatred, committed in the name of anti-Israel activism,” CST CEO Mark Gardner said.
“In such difficult times, the CST is proud to give strength to British Jews when they most need it.”
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Antisemitic incidents and crimes remain shamefully and persistently high, and every incident has a profoundly damaging impact both on the individuals affected and the wider Jewish community,” adding that “this government remains steadfast in its commitment to root out the poison of antisemitism wherever it is found.”
Cooper noted that the government is providing £54 million in multi-year funding to the CST to provide vital protective security for the Jewish community through 2027/28.
She also announced that the government is creating a new Antisemitism Working Group to advise on how best to respond to incidents across society.
HM Government’s Independent Adviser on Antisemitism Lord Mann said, “The CST’s figures show that antisemitism continues to impact the British Jewish community at an unprecedented level.”
National Police Chiefs’ Council Hate Crime Advisor Paul Giannasi thanked the trust for partnering with law enforcement and for providing this “valuable data.”
He said the police share the desire to reduce the incidents of antisemitism but stressed that in cases where antisemitism fuels criminal activity, “we also need victims to have the confidence to report the crimes so we can ensure they get the support they deserve and that offenders are brought to justice.”
Giannasi said that despite the “unacceptably high numbers of antisemitic crime suffered by Jewish citizens,” he still believed that the United Kingdom is “amongst the safest places in the world for Jewish citizens.”