2025 saw the second-highest number of antisemitic incidents in the UK ever recorded, according to the Community Security Trust’s 2025 Antisemitic Incidents Report.
CST recorded 3,700 anti-Jewish hate incidents in the UK in 2025, second in total only to 2023. The number in 2025 was 4% higher than in 2024, at 3,556 incidents.
The most serious antisemitic incident recorded in 2025 was the terrorist attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, which resulted in the deaths of Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, as well as the wounding of three others.
This was the first fatal antisemitic terror attack since CST began recording incidents in 1984.
CST logged 40 incidents of anti-Jewish hatred on the day of the attack and a further 40 incidents the following day – the two highest daily totals of the year – with October being the highest monthly total of 2025 and fifth-highest month on record. It concluded as a result that violent attacks on Jews can fuel further antisemitic harassment and abuse.
A smaller spike was recorded in December following the Islamic State-inspired attack at a Chanukah event in Bondi Beach, Australia, demonstrating again how violent attacks on Jews can fuel further antisemitic harassment and abuse.
Also, for the first time ever, CST recorded more than 200 antisemitic incidents in every single calendar month of the year. The average monthly total in 2025 was 308 incidents, exactly double the monthly average recorded in the year prior to October 2023.
Additional incidents beyond Yom Kippur attack
Aside from the Yom Kippur attack, CST recorded 3 incidents of Extreme Violence, as well as 170 cases of antisemitic assault.
There was a 23% fall in anti-Jewish hate incidents in the school sector, but a 41% decrease in university-related antisemitic incidents.
CST Chief Executive, Mark Gardner, said that “the depths of extremism faced by Jews and all our British society” makes CST “even more determined to keep protecting our community, giving it strength and dignity so it can lead the life of its choice.”
“Behind these shocking numbers are ordinary Jews suffering because of hate,” said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. “This government stands against the scourge of antisemitism.” She also promised to strengthen police powers so they can crack down on “intimidating” protests.
“This crucial report by CST is appalling, but sadly it is not a surprise,” said Chris Philp MP, Shadow Home Secretary. “This is a stark reminder that we must defeat the evil of antisemitism wherever it is found, and we must do more than just call out extremism.”
HM Government’s Independent Advisor on Antisemitism, Lord Mann, called the new figures “deeply alarming” and said they illustrate the “unrelenting” nature of antisemitism in the UK today.
“It is particularly troubling to see the number of incidents that occurred immediately after the horrific terrorist attack on Heaton Park Synagogue on Yom Kippur, celebrating the killing of British Jews on our streets.”
He thanked CST for its efforts to protect the Jewish community, and endeavored to continue to “champion those efforts and fight unrelentingly alongside them to ensure antisemitism has no place in Britain.”
