FBI says anti-Jewish hate crimes across US hit record high in 2024

"Hate crimes against Jews accounted for 16% of all reported hate crimes in the United States in 2024, and nearly 70% of religion-based hate crimes, according to FBI data.

Anti-Jewish hate crimes rose 5.8% to a record 1,938 incidents, while the total number of hate crimes in the US during the year, 11,679, dropped slightly from 2023 (11,862), the report showed. The number of antisemitic incidents translates to more than five anti-Jewish hate crimes per day.

Among these incidents were terror attacks, assault, vandalism, harassment, burglary, false bomb threats, and more.

Crimes against Jews accounted for 69% of a total of 2,783 religiously motivated incidents, the data indicated. Jews represent approximately 2% of the US population.

Religiously motivated hate crime incidents rose 3.1% year-over-year, with incidents targeting Jews rising at a faster pace than the national average.

There were 2,237 Jewish victims of hate crimes and 1,043 known offenders, the report showed.

The rise ‘is consistent with ADL’s reporting and, more importantly, with the Jewish community’s current lived experience,’ said Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt in a statement about the report. ‘Our government and leaders must take these numbers seriously and enact adequate measures to protect all Americans from the scourge of hate crimes.’..."