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Jews account for 17% of religious hate crime victims despite making up 0.5% of the population

New figures show 'anti-Jewish hate crime is still far too high both as an absolute number and relative to the size of our community', said Dave Rich of the CST

October 6, 2023 14:07
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LONDON - JUNE 16: A cemetary caretaker inspects the damage caused by vandals in the East Ham Jewish cemetery, June 16, 2005, in London, England. Anti-Semitic vandals desecrated gravestones and a small number have had Swastikas and slang names sprayed on them. (Photo by Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)
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The number of religious hate crimes committed against Jews in England and Wales fell by one fifth (21 per cent) last year but still remain "far too high", new statistics released by the Home Office reveal.

Jews made up 17 per cent of all religious hate crime victims in the 12 months to March 2023, despite comprising just 0.5 per cent of the population in England and Wales.

Overall, 1,510 religiously motivated hate crimes were committed against the Jewish community in this period.

That is compared 1,919 hate crimes targeting Jews in the 12 months to 2022, when Jews accounted for 23 per cent of religious hate crime victims.