Jews targeted in NYC hate crimes more than all other groups combined for second year

"New York City Jews were the target of more hate crimes than all other categories combined in 2025, according to the New York City Police Department.

NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Tuesday announced crime reductions that included a 12% decrease in hate crimes and a 3% reduction in antisemitic incidents, but for the second year in a row, there were more anti-Jewish incidents than other target groups combined.

Tisch said that despite the slight drop in 2025, antisemitic incidents ‘still accounted for 330 cases, representing 57% of all hate crimes reported in New York City, despite Jewish New Yorkers making up roughly 10% of the city’s population.

‘These numbers remain far too high, and antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face,’ Tisch said in a press briefing alongside state Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. ‘The NYPD will continue to confront hate crimes aggressively and protect every community targeted because of who they are.’

In 2024, there were 339 suspected antisemitic incidents reported to the NYPD, representing 51% of all suspected hate crimes. While reported hate and antisemitic incidents dropped as a whole, reported anti-Jewish incidents grew as a larger proportion of hate crime incidents from 2024 to 2025, increasing by 5.7% and an 11% relative increase.

There were 323 suspected anti-Jewish hate crime incidents reported to the NYPD in 2023, making up 48% of the hate-motivated incidents that year.

The new statistics on hate crimes and antisemitic incidents in NYC came amid concerns by Jewish community groups about commitments against antisemitism. The issue had been frequently raised by Jewish voters during the 2024 mayoral election campaign, as Mamdani began his political career through anti-Israel activism..."