Antisemitic incidents in the United Kingdom reached their second-highest level on record in 2025, led by the deadly terror attack targeting a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Community Security Trust.

The charity, which monitors antisemitism and provides security for British Jews, recorded 3,700 anti-Jewish hate incidents last year. That was 4% higher than the 3,556 incidents logged in 2024, but less than the record 4,298 incidents recorded in 2023 in the wake of the October 7 Hamas-led attack against Israel.

The figures include physical assaults, vandalism, threats and online abuse.

The most severe incident was the terror assault at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, CST noted. Two worshipers, Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, were killed, and three were seriously injured. It was the first fatal antisemitic terror attack recorded in the UK since the organization began tracking incidents in 1984, CST said.

That attack triggered an immediate surge in antisemitic incidents. CST said it logged 40 incidents on the day of the attack and another 40 the following day, more than half of which referenced or celebrated the killing. October was the worst month for antisemitic incidents in 2025 and fifth-worst on record overall, CST said.

After “two years of intense anti-Jewish hatred,” these follow-up incidents “showed the depths........

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