Only 2% of the population - and 63% of religious hate crimes: The figure that troubles US Jews
FBI data reveals that 2025 was the third-worst year for anti-Jewish hate crimes: 1,528 incidents were directed against Jews, alongside assaults, murders, and hundreds of threats - a 21.2% decrease compared to 2024, but still an abnormal level.
The Jewish community in the United States continues to pay the heaviest price for religious-based hate crimes in the country: official data published last night by the FBI shows that 2025 was the third-worst year for the volume of anti-Jewish hate crimes since tracking began. Despite a moderate decrease in the total number of incidents compared to 2024, the harm to Jews remains clearly disproportionate - 63% of all religious hate crimes in the country were directed against Jews, even though they constitute only about 2% of the total population.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's data, a total of 10,881 hate crimes were reported in the United States in 2025 (compared to 11,679 in 2024). Of these, 1,528 incidents were defined as single-bias hate crimes against Jews - a 21.2% decrease compared to the 1,938 incidents recorded in 2024, but still a historic peak level that represents a direct continuation of the surge in antisemitism since the events of October 7, 2023.
At the same time, a report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) - which also includes non-criminal incidents - pointed to an identical trend: 6,274 antisemitic incidents were documented in 2025, the third-highest figure since tracking began in 1979.
Extent of the harm: FBI data in numbers
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Primary target: 1,528 out of 2,408 religious-based hate crimes were directed against Jews (about 63%).
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Physical violence and murder: 162 assaults against Jews were recorded (50 of them aggravated and 112 simple), 3 cases of murder or manslaughter on anti-Jewish grounds, and 505 cases of intimidation and threats.
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Property damage at the forefront: out of 1,685 documented offenses, 920 cases (more than half) included vandalism and damage to synagogues, institutions, and properties with Jewish symbols.
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Reporting scope: 16,791 law enforcement agencies submitted data to the FBI (85.9% of all registered authorities), a slight increase compared to 16,419 agencies in 2024.
"The deadliest year in the diaspora in three decades"
"Behind each of these numbers is a person who was attacked just because they are Jewish," warned ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. "In 2025, this hatred claimed lives not only in the United States but around the world. This was the deadliest year for Jews in the diaspora in more than three decades, with 20 murdered just for being Jewish. We must not let the moderate decrease in numbers blur the reality: antisemitism remains a dangerous and persistent threat."
Carla Hill, Vice President of the ADL's Center on Extremism, added: "Hate crimes are personal, harmful, and very jarring, not only for the person who was attacked but for the entire community. Dealing with them requires a comprehensive response from all government institutions and society as a whole."
Given the reporting gaps by some law enforcement agencies, the ADL is calling on Congress to urgently approve the Improved Reporting to Prevent Hate Act, which would require police agencies to submit full reports on hate crimes to the FBI as a condition for receiving federal funding.
