How Many Antisemitic Incidents Were Recorded Worldwide in 2025?
Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs recorded 815 antisemitic incidents worldwide in 2025 and 20 Jews killed. Why the bodies’ totals differ.
Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism recorded 815 antisemitic incidents worldwide during calendar 2025, and 20 Jews killed in violent incidents over the same year. In a separate publication covering April 2025 to April 2026, the same Ministry reported 958 incidents across 72 countries. The two figures are not a revision of one another and cannot be compared: they cover different windows and different inclusion rules, and the Ministry publishes each on its own basis.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 815 | Antisemitic incidents worldwide, a media-derived tally rather than a comprehensive record | 1 January to 31 December 2025 |
| 20 | Jews killed in violent incidents | 1 January to 31 December 2025 |
| 958 | Antisemitic incidents across 72 countries, on the Ministry’s open-source monitoring | April 2025 to April 2026 |
| 489 of those 958 | Incidents that specifically targeted Jews | April 2025 to April 2026 |
| 188, or 38.4% of the 489 | Vandalism and property damage among the targeted incidents | April 2025 to April 2026 |
| 4,073 | Anti-Israel global protests | 1 January to 31 December 2025 |
The Ministry’s 815 and its 958 are different counts, not a revision
They come from two publications with different windows and different inclusion rules. The Ministry states that its calendar-2025 total is compiled from incidents documented and confirmed in mainstream and Jewish media, and it calls that a media-derived tally rather than a comprehensive record.
Its April 2025 to April 2026 publication rests on open-source monitoring across 72 countries, and the Ministry states that the dataset excludes activities classified as “Other” and as “Protests”. The Ministry also states that its category totals must not be summed into one overall total.
The 38.4% is a share of 489 incidents, not of the 958 total
It belongs to the targeted subset. The Ministry recorded 188 incidents of vandalism and property damage among the 489 incidents that specifically targeted Jews, and 188 of 489 is 38.4%. Against the 958 total it would be 19.6%, a figure the Ministry does not publish.
Any share taken from this dataset carries the base it was calculated on, because the Ministry publishes counts at two nested levels and the two do not divide into one another.
The Ministry reported a 500% rise in the three weeks after 7 October 2023
It published four global percentage increases for that window. For the three weeks from 7 to 25 October 2023, measured against the same period a year earlier, the Ministry reported a 500% increase in the overall volume of antisemitic events worldwide, a 330% increase in violent incidents, about a 660% increase in harassments and about a 128% increase in desecration of Jewish places such as cemeteries.
The same document reports survey findings from Jewish communities worldwide. Of those who responded, 87% reported a dramatic decrease in personal security and 27% declared willingness to display their Judaism publicly.
Violent incidents rose 33% globally in 2023, on the Ministry’s count
The Ministry, working with the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel, reported that increase in violent antisemitic incidents globally during 2023, including the murder of six people, with 46% of those violent incidents recorded in the United States and 48% of them committed after 7 October.
| Country | Reported increase in the scope of antisemitic events after 7 October 2023 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 738% |
| Canada | 800% |
| France | 400% |
| Germany | 320% |
| Great Britain | 512% |
Source: The Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, with the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel, The State of Antisemitism Report for 2023.
The 4 counts quoted together do not measure the same thing
Each counts a different object on its own definitions over its own universe, so the four figures commonly quoted together are not one series.
| Body | What it counts | Latest figure | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism | Incidents worldwide, media-derived | 815 | Calendar 2025 |
| Kantor Center, Tel Aviv University | Incidents compiled from national monitoring organisations | 20 antisemitic murders in four attacks | Calendar 2025 |
| Anti-Defamation League | US incidents on ADL’s own definitions | 9,354 | Calendar 2024 |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | US anti-Jewish single-bias criminal incidents reported by police agencies | 1,938 | Calendar 2024 |
The ADL and FBI counts come from different universes, the first on a monitoring organisation’s own definitions and the second from criminal reports, and they are never summed or compared directly. The FBI count is a known undercount: reporting is voluntary, and of 16,419 participating agencies only 3,127, or 19.0%, reported any hate crime at all in 2024. The ADL is an organisation with an advocacy mission, and it disclosed that a definitional change after October 2023 added 1,350 incidents, or 15%, to its 2023 total, carrying into 2024.
Two bodies counted 20 antisemitic murders in 2025, separately
The figures agree. The Ministry reported 20 Jews killed in violent incidents during calendar 2025. The Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University reported 20 antisemitic murders in four attacks across three continents in 2025, and stated that this made 2025 the deadliest year for Jews outside Israel in more than three decades. It recorded the deadliest as the Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach, Sydney, in which 15 Jews were murdered.
The Kantor Center’s country incident counts are compiled from national monitoring organisations rather than measured by the Center, and it reported rises in Canada from 6,219 to 6,800, in Britain from 3,556 to 3,700 and in Australia from 1,727 to 1,750.
Where these figures come from
The Israeli figures on this page are the Ministry’s own reported counts, published by an Israeli government body. The World Zionist Organization’s tallies are that organisation’s own; its 2021 report is hosted on gov.il but authored by the World Zionist Organization rather than by a ministry.
The Ministry’s 815 and its 958 are different counts on different windows with different inclusion rules and may not be reconciled. Its category totals may not be summed into one total, because the Ministry states they may not. The 38.4% belongs to the 489 and never to the 958. The Kantor Center’s country counts belong to the national bodies that compiled them. The ADL and FBI counts measure different objects and are never summed, and the FBI counts what participating agencies chose to report, because reporting to it is voluntary.
Questions
How many antisemitic incidents were recorded worldwide in 2025?
815, on the Israeli Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism’s own tally for calendar 2025, which the Ministry describes as media-derived rather than comprehensive.
Why does the Ministry also report 958?
Because that figure covers a different window, April 2025 to April 2026, across 72 countries, on open-source monitoring with different inclusion rules. The two are separate publications, not a revision.
How many Jews were killed in antisemitic attacks in 2025?
20, on the Ministry’s count for calendar 2025, and 20 in four attacks on the Kantor Center’s separate count for the same year.
Was 2025 unusually deadly?
The Kantor Center reported it as the deadliest year for Jews outside Israel in more than three decades.
What was the deadliest single attack?
The Kantor Center recorded the Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach, Sydney, in which 15 Jews were murdered.
Are the Ministry’s figures independently verified?
No. They are an Israeli government body’s own compiled counts, and this page labels them as that.
What share of incidents was vandalism?
38.4% of the 489 incidents that specifically targeted Jews, which is 188 incidents. That share does not belong to the 958 total.
Can the Ministry’s categories be added up?
No. The Ministry states that its category totals must not be summed into one overall total, and that the dataset excludes activities classified as “Other” and “Protests”.
What period do the rises reported after 7 October 2023 cover?
The three weeks from 7 to 25 October 2023, measured against the same three weeks a year earlier. Over that window the Ministry reported a 500% increase in the overall volume of antisemitic events worldwide and a 330% increase in violent incidents.
How many anti-Israel protests did the Ministry count?
4,073 globally during calendar 2025, on its own count.
What does the ADL count in the United States?
9,354 incidents in 2024, on the ADL’s own definitions. The ADL is a monitoring organisation with an advocacy mission, and it disclosed a definitional change that added 1,350 incidents to its 2023 total.
What does the FBI count?
1,938 anti-Jewish single-bias criminal incidents in 2024, reported by participating police agencies, the highest since collection began in 1991.
Why are the ADL and FBI numbers so far apart?
They count different universes: the ADL counts on its own definitions including non-criminal incidents, and the FBI counts criminal reports made to police agencies. They are never summed or directly compared.
Is the FBI figure complete?
No. Reporting is voluntary, and of 16,419 participating agencies only 3,127, or 19.0%, reported any hate crime in 2024.
Where can these be read?
The Ministry publishes at gov.il, the Kantor Center at Tel Aviv University, the ADL at adl.org and the FBI through its Crime Data Explorer.
Sources
- Anti-Defamation League, 2025. Audit of antisemitic incidents 2024. adl.org. Monitoring organization (advocacy mission).
- Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2025. Reported crimes in the nation, 2024, hate crime statistics. Crime Data Explorer. Official record.
- Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, 2023. The state of antisemitism in the world: a summary of the first three weeks of the Swords of Iron war. gov.il. Official record (a party’s own reported counts).
- Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, with the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel, 2024. The state of antisemitism report for 2023. gov.il. Official record (a party’s own reported counts).
- Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, 2026. Annual report executive brief: global overview of antisemitism in 2025. gov.il. Official record (a party’s own reported counts).
- Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, 2026. Holocaust Memorial Day antisemitism overview. gov.il. Official record (a party’s own reported counts).
- Tel Aviv University, Kantor Center, 2026. Antisemitism worldwide report for 2025. cst.tau.ac.il. Academic monitoring center.
- World Zionist Organization, Department for Combatting Antisemitism and Enhancing Resilience, 2022. The state of antisemitism in 2021. Monitoring organization (advocacy mission).
