- Metropolitan Police recorded a 72 per cent month-on-month increase in antisemitic hate crimes in London during May, reaching 255 incidents, with the borough of Barnet accounting for 30 per cent of these offences.
- This significant rise is the largest monthly increase since late 2023, a period that saw a surge in such crimes following the Hamas attacks on Israel and the subsequent conflict in Gaza.
- Concurrently, Islamophobic hate crimes also rose by 33 per cent between April and May, with 179 incidents recorded, making it a notable monthly figure, with Westminster logging the highest number of these offences.
- The increase in Islamophobic incidents follows the publication of a new UK Government definition of anti-Muslim hostility and occurred during events such as the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in central London, which was criticised for displaying Islamophobia.
- Separately, a Government-commissioned review found 'routine ostracism of Jewish people' within the NHS, leading Lord John Mann, the independent adviser on antisemitism, to declare anti-Jewish racism in the UK a 'national emergency'.
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