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Hate Crime Rises in England and Wales for First Time in Three Years

Officials attribute the increase to short-term surges linked to high-profile violence.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish people stand next to police officers outside the Manchester synagogue, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 5, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
The day after Yom Kippur — when two Jews were killed at a synagogue in Manchester — a Star of David is crossed out in Stamford Hill
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Overview

  • Excluding the Metropolitan Police, forces recorded 115,990 hate crimes in the year to March 2025, up 2% from 113,166, while the 137,550 total including the Met is not directly comparable after a recording change.
  • Race hate crimes increased 6% to 82,490 and religious offences rose 3% to 7,164, the highest annual total on record for religion-related incidents.
  • Anti-Muslim offences climbed to 3,199 from 2,690, with a clear spike in August 2024 that coincided with the Southport murders and subsequent disorder.
  • Excluding the Met, anti-Jewish offences fell 18% to 1,715, and the Home Office noted the Met recorded about 40% of such reports last year, complicating year-on-year comparisons.
  • Separately, The Sun reported that counter-terror police declared last week’s Manchester synagogue attack a terrorist incident, with the attacker shot dead and two people who intervened killed.