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Antisemitic incidents accounted for 57% of all hate crimes in New York City in 2025
‘Antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face,’ NYPD Commisioner Jessica Tisch said
January 7, 2026 16:06
‘Antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face,’ NYPD Commisioner Jessica Tisch said
January 7, 2026 16:06Antisemitic incidents accounted for more than half of all recorded hate crimes in New York City in 2025, official figures show.
In total, 57 per cent of hate crime incidents recorded in the year were carried out against Jewish people, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD) data released yesterday.
Of the 576 hate incidents recorded, 330 were antisemitic in nature. The figures do not represent hate crime convictions, but suspected incidents, and the incidents could in future be reclassified as “non-bias incidents”, if investigators are unable to determine a discriminatory motive.
The NYPD stated that hate crimes against all groups dropped 12 per cent year on year, from 657 in 2024, and that antisemitic incidents fell by three per cent, but highlighted the seemingly disproportionate number of anti-Jewish hate incidents, noting that despite Jewish people accounting for nearly 60 per cent of the victims, Jewish New Yorkers represent approximately ten per cent of the city’s population.
There were 25 incidents targeting Asians, 45 against Black people, eight against Hispanic people, 30 Islamophobic incidents, 11 against white people, 28 based on gender, 16 against unspecified ethnicities and 31 targeting unspecified religious groups, according to the data.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference: “These numbers remain far too high and antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face."
The figures were published one week after the new mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, took office. In one of his first actions as mayor, Mamdani signed an executive order that revoked the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitism.
Intended to protect Jewish people around the world from anti-Jewish hatred, the IHRA working definition of antisemitism is rejected by some, who claim the wording is a tool to prevent criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza.
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