Fighting antisemitism
Data from ADL, CST and FRA, the IHRA working definition, and how to report an incident.
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The latest year at a glance
ADL · CST · FRA · Monitoring Desk brief, 27 October 2026
United States (ADL, 2025)
ADL recorded 6,274 antisemitic incidents in 2025, an average of 17 a day. That is 33% fewer than in 2024 (9,354), but still the third-highest total since 1979 and five times the level of a decade ago (ADL Audit 2025). The fall in total numbers hides a rise in violence:
- assaults rose 4% to 203
- assaults involving a deadly weapon rose from 23 to 32
- harassment fell 39% to 4,003, and vandalism fell 21% to 2,068
- three people were killed in antisemitic attacks, the first Jewish fatalities in such attacks in the US since 2019 (ADL press release)
United Kingdom (CST, 2025 and first half of 2026)
CST recorded 3,700 incidents in 2025, its second-highest annual total: 4% more than in 2024, averaging 308 a month, double the monthly average in the year before 7 October 2023. The fatal Yom Kippur attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester was followed by an immediate spike in incidents (CST 2025).
The first half of 2026 brought 1,926 incidents, up 21% on the same period of 2025: assaults reached 135, the highest ever recorded for a half-year; 680 incidents took place online; 178 affected schools, up 59%. CST also documented arson attacks on Jewish sites in London claimed by an Iran-linked group, and a knife attack in Golders Green that police declared a terrorist incident (CST Jan–Jun 2026).
European Union (FRA, January 2026)
FRA’s report Monitoring and recording antisemitism in the EU concludes that Member States record antisemitism in different and inconsistent ways, so national figures cannot be compared and under-reporting remains widespread. Its country overviews (2014–2024) show sharp increases after 7 October 2023. In France, recorded antisemitic acts and threats rose from 436 in 2022 to 1,676 in 2023 and stood at 1,570 in 2024 (FRA 2026; FRA France overview).
Key trends
- Overall levels are stabilising well above the pre-2023 baseline in both the US and the UK.
- Violence is rising even where total counts fall.
- Events in the Middle East act as triggers: CST links 41% of incidents in the first half of 2026 to the region.
- A large share of incidents happen online.
- Data gaps across the EU make comparisons between countries unreliable.
What antisemitism is
“Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
— IHRA working definition of antisemitism, 2016
Criticism of Israel like that levelled at any other country is not antisemitism, according to the IHRA working definition. Targeting Jews as Jews is.
Report it
- In danger now? Call the police first: 999 in the UK, 911 in the US.
- Online? Take a screenshot with the link and date, then report it on the platform.
- UK: If you are in immediate danger, call 999 first. Then contact CST on CST’s National Emergency Number, 0800 032 3263, or through its online form.
- US: use ADL’s incident form.
Understanding antisemitism
How to recognise it (paraphrased from the IHRA examples)
The IHRA says context always matters. Its examples include (IHRA):
- calling for, aiding or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion;
- conspiracy myths and stereotypes about Jews as a collective, such as claims that Jews control the media, economy or government;
- holding Jews as a people responsible for the acts of one person or group;
- denying the Holocaust or its scale, or accusing Jews or Israel of inventing or exaggerating it;
- accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel than to their own country;
- applying classic antisemitic imagery, such as the blood libel, to Israel or Israelis;
- holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of the State of Israel.
The definition also states that criticism of Israel similar to that levelled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic (IHRA).