Exceptional and persistent scope: FBI data reveals the impact of antisemitism in the USA
FBI hate crime data for 2025 points to an exceptional and persistent scope of harm against Jews in the U.S.: despite making up only about 2% of the population, they were the target of 63% of all religion-based hate crimes. In some states, this figure reached 90% or more.
FBI hate crime data for 2025, recently published, points to an exceptional and persistent scope of harm against Jews in the United States: despite Jews making up only about 2% of the country's population, they were the target of nearly two-thirds (63%) of all religion-based hate crimes reported last year.
In some U.S. states, Jews were the target of 90% of religious hate crimes and more. 2025 was the third-highest year for anti-Jewish hate crimes since tracking began, following 2023 and 2024, which were the two peak years in the history of measurement.
According to an analysis by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of FBI data, in 2025, 1,528 hate crime incidents against Jews were reported across the U.S. where the motive was purely antisemitic. Those cases accounted for 63% of the 2,408 religion-based hate crimes. Jews were also the target of 14% of all hate crimes reported in the United States, not just those committed on religious grounds.
While the data does indicate a decrease compared to the peak year of 2024, in which 1,938 anti-Jewish incidents were recorded — a decrease of 21.2% — the level remains historically high. In total, the number of hate crime incidents of all types in the U.S. decreased from 11,679 in 2024 to 10,881 in 2025.
Violence against Jews was not limited to threats or property damage. Law enforcement authorities documented 162 violent anti-Jewish assaults last year, 50 of which were aggravated assaults. Additionally, three cases of murder or non-negligent manslaughter with an anti-Jewish motive were recorded, along with 505 offenses of threats and intimidation against Jews. Out of 1,685 documented anti-Jewish offenses, 920 were cases of defacement, property damage, or vandalism.
Independent data from the Anti-Defamation League also points to a similar trend. The organization documented 6,274 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in 2025, including events not defined as criminal offenses. This is a 33% decrease compared to 2024, but still the third-highest number since the organization began collecting data in 1979.
"Behind each of these numbers is a person who was attacked just because they are Jewish," said Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
According to him, the decrease in the total number of incidents does not change the broad picture that antisemitism continues to be "one of the most consistent and dangerous forms of hate" in the United States and abroad. Greenblatt noted that in 2025, 20 people were murdered worldwide in antisemitic attacks, calling it the deadliest year for Diaspora Jews as a result of antisemitic attacks in more than three decades.
