Newly released FBI data shows that 2025 was the third-highest year on record for reported anti-Jewish hate crimes in the United States, with Jewish people continuing to account for the overwhelming majority of religion-based hate crime victims nationwide.
According to the FBI, 1,528 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents were reported in 2025, accounting for 63 percent of the 2,408 religion-based hate crimes reported across the country.
Overall, reported hate crime incidents decreased from 11,679 in 2024 to 10,881 in 2025. Anti-Jewish incidents also declined from a record 1,938 in 2024, representing a 21.2 percent decrease.
Despite the decline, the 2025 figure remains the third-highest number of reported anti-Jewish hate crime incidents on record, with such incidents increasing significantly following the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attack against Israel.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which tracks both criminal and non-criminal antisemitic incidents, also reported that 2025 was the third-highest year on record for antisemitic incidents.
The FBI data shows that Jewish Americans remain disproportionately targeted. While Jews make up approximately 2 percent of the U.S. population, they were the victims of 14 percent of all reported hate crimes nationwide.
Violence against Jewish victims also continued in 2025. Law enforcement recorded 162 anti-Jewish assault offenses, including 50 aggravated assaults and 112 simple assaults. There were also three reported anti-Jewish murder or nonnegligent manslaughter offenses, along with 505 acts of intimidation targeting Jewish victims.
Vandalism and property damage remained the most common anti-Jewish offense. Of 1,685 total anti-Jewish offenses reported in 2025, 920 involved destruction, damage or vandalism, including incidents targeting synagogues, Jewish institutions and property displaying Jewish symbols.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said the statistics demonstrate that antisemitism remains a serious threat despite the overall decline in reported incidents.
“Behind every one of these numbers is a person who was targeted simply for being Jewish,” Greenblatt said, adding that the decline in domestic numbers should not obscure the continuing threat posed by antisemitism.
The ADL documented 6,274 antisemitic incidents in 2025, a 33 percent decrease from the previous year, but still the third-highest annual total since the organization began tracking such incidents in 1979.
The FBI also reported an increase in participation among law enforcement agencies in its hate crime data collection program. A total of 16,791 agencies, representing 85.9 percent of participating agencies, reported data for 2025, compared with 16,419 agencies, or 84.9 percent, in 2024.
The ADL is calling for expanded hate crime reporting and is urging Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies.
