FBI: Jews Targeted in 63% of U.S. Religious Hate Crimes in 2025

Jewish Americans were targeted in nearly two-thirds of all religion-based hate crimes reported in the United States in 2025, according to newly released FBI data.

Law enforcement recorded 1,528 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents out of 2,408 incidents motivated by religious bias. That was down 21% from the record 1,938 incidents reported in 2024. However, the figure remained well above prewar levels. The FBI recorded 1,832 incidents in 2023 and 1,122 in 2022, the last full year before the October 7 attacks.

Jews make up roughly 2% of the U.S. population but accounted for 63% of all religion-based hate crime incidents reported in 2025.

Vandalism and property damage accounted for the largest share of anti-Jewish offenses. Authorities recorded 920 cases of destruction, damage or vandalism, along with 505 incidents of intimidation and 162 assaults. Those assaults included 50 aggravated assaults, while the FBI data also recorded three murder or nonnegligent manslaughter offenses targeting Jewish victims.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt warned that the lower total compared with 2024 should not overshadow the continued scale of antisemitism. He said 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic attacks in the Jewish Diaspora in more than three decades, with 20 people murdered globally simply for being Jewish.

The ADL separately documented 6,274 antisemitic incidents in the United States during 2025. Its tally includes both criminal and noncriminal cases of harassment, assault and vandalism, making it broader than the FBI’s hate crime statistics. That figure was also the third-highest annual total recorded by the organization since it began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.