Community Security Trust, which provides security to British Jews, recorded total 3,700 incidents in 2025
Antisemitic incidents increased sharply in the UK after the deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish year, according to an organisation that provides security to British Jews.
Two people died and three were seriously injured at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on 2 October last year, in the first fatal antisemitic terror attack since the Community Security Trust (CST) began recording incidents in 1984.
On the day, the CST logged 40 antisemitic incidents and another 40 the next day. More than half directly referenced or celebrated the Heaton Park attack. As a result, October was the worst month for anti-Jewish hate in 2025.
In total, the CST recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents last year – the second highest logged by the organisation, and 4% higher than the total for 2024. The highest total was in 2023, largely in the aftermath of the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza.
