Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK

Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UKImage source, Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesImage caption, Two Jewish men were killed on 2 October 2025 during an attack on Heaton Park Synagogue in ManchesterByJudith Moritz, Special correspondent and Daniel Wittenberg, Senior producerPublished1 minute agoThe UK recorded the biggest rise in antisemitic incidents last year of any country with a major Jewish population outside Israel, according to a new report.Published by the J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism, the report also found that 2025 had been the deadliest year for Jews living outside Israel in more than three decades.The task force is a group of organisations representing the seven largest Jewish diaspora communities. It found that antisemitism in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and the US – which together are home to more than 90% of the world's Jewish population outside Israel – remained at record levels.Reported antisemitic incidents across the seven countries have risen by 136% since 2022, the year before the Hamas attacks on southern Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, while violent incidents have risen by 97%.The UK was one of only three countries where reported antisemitic incidents increased in 2025, alongside Argentina and Germany. Incidents recorded in the UK rose by 5% compared with the previous year – the largest increase among the seven countries.Although reported incidents fell in 2025 in the US, Australia, Canada and France compared with 2024, every country remained significantly above levels before 7 October 2023.In 2025, 20 people were killed in antisemitic attacks, the highest annual death toll since the bombing of a Jewish community centre in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires in 1994.Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Mourners gather in memory of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting In Australia 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, were kille...