Overview
- The Community Security Trust recorded 3,700 anti‑Jewish incidents in 2025, up 4% on 2024 and the second‑highest annual total on record.
- On October 2–3, the day of the Heaton Park synagogue attack and the day after, 40 incidents were logged on each day, with 53% directly reacting to the killings.
- Damage and desecration of Jewish property reached a record 217 cases in 2025, up 38%, and online incidents totaled 1,541, the highest annual figure recorded.
- October was the worst month of the year, monthly totals stayed above 200 throughout 2025, and further spikes followed the Bondi Beach killings.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood pledged record security funding and tougher police powers, police warned certain chants would lead to arrest, and the government’s antisemitism adviser warned some extremists are actively dangerous.