UKs Jewish community feels much less safe since 7 October attack, survey finds
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UKs Jewish community feels much less safe since 7 October attack, survey finds
Report says 35% of Jews felt unsafe in Britain and 32% reported at least one antisemitic incident in 2024Feelings of safety in the UKs Jewish community have declined sharply in the last couple of years, according to the largest survey of British Jews since 7 October 2023.The research, conducted in June and July, found 35% of Jews felt unsafe in Britain in 2025, compared with 9% in 2023 before the Hamas attacks.Perceptions of antisemitism had also intensified, with 47% of British Jews seeing it as a very big problem up from just 11% in 2012.The research, conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), also found 32% of Jews reported experiencing at least one antisemitic incident in 2024.Meanwhile, the Community Security Trust (CST), which has been monitoring antisemitic incidents since 1994, recorded 1,521 cases in the UK from January to June 2025.This was the second-highest total ever recorded in the first half of any year, second only to the first six months of 2024 with 2,019 in the immediate aftermath of the 7 October atrocity.Of the 1,521 antisemitic incidents this year, 968 occurred across Greater London and Greater Manchester, the two UK cities with the biggest Jewish populations.The new report from the JPR examined how British Jews are navigating a period of profound challenge and instability.It found emotional attachment to Israel had increased with 75% of British Jews feeling emotionally attached and 49% very attached, compared with 72% and 40% respectively just before 7 October.

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