New York accounted for 44 percent of all antisemitic assaults recorded nationally in 2025; 85 of the state’s 90 assaults occurred in New York City
NEW YORK, May 6, 2026, … New York State saw 1,160 reported antisemitic incidents in 2025, marking a 19-percent decline compared to the previous year, according to ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League) annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, released today. The decline, however, tells only part of the story. New York led the nation in overall antisemitic incidents for the year, and at 1,160 incidents, the total remains double the 2022 count.
Moreover, physical assaults increased from 82 in 2024 to 90 in 2025, the highest number ever recorded. New York accounted for 44 percent of all antisemitic assaults documented nationally, more than three times the next highest state.
“While it is encouraging that reported antisemitic incidents in New York fell by nearly 20% in 2025, the 1,160 cases which we tracked and responded to remains double the number before the massive spike post 10/7, and I know firsthand that too many New Yorkers lived in fear in 2025 of being the victim of antisemitism,” said Scott Richman, ADL New York / New Jersey Regional Director Scott Richman. “This decline does mark the first reversal of an upward trend that has persisted every year since 2021, but the numbers make clear that much work remains.”
Key Findings
- Overall: 1,160 antisemitic incidents in 2025, down 19 percent from 1,437 in 2024. New York ranked #1 in the United States for overall incidents.
- Incident types: Assaults: 90; Vandalism: 354 (down 20 percent); Harassment: 716 (down 21 percent).
- National rankings: #1 in the US for incidents at businesses (137), universities (105), Jewish institutions (227), and in public areas (410). #2 for incidents at K-12 schools (141) behind New Jersey.
- Five-year trend: Incidents are up 179 percent since 2021.
Antisemitic Assaults Reach Historic Levels
New York’s 90 antisemitic assaults in 2025 represent the highest figure ever recorded for two consecutive years. The state’s share of national assaults — 44 percent — is stark: California (29) and New Jersey (20) followed at a distant second and third.
Of the 90 statewide assaults, 85 occurred in New York City, an increase from 69 in 2024. Orthodox Jews were targeted in over half of statewide assaults (54 incidents), including 37 in Brooklyn.
For example, in December, an Orthodox Jew was stabbed. The attacker said, “F*** these Jews. If the Holocaust happened, it wouldn’t be a problem.” And in February, a visibly Jewish girl was physically assaulted, dragged to the ground by her hair, and thrown into a pile of trash.
ADL helped mitigate potential threats as well. In February 2025, as Shabbat was approaching, an individual posted online threats to Central Synagogue in Manhattan, stating that he was driving cross-country from Utah to carry out an attack that evening. ADL’s Center on Extremism and Community Security Initiative coordinated with the New York City Police Department, New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. With intelligence provided by ADL and CSI, the perpetrator was apprehended at the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel on the New Jersey side before entering New York City, preventing what could have been a deadly attack on worshippers.
Brooklyn’s 10% Increase in Antisemitic Incidents
In contrast with the decrease in New York and National overall antisemitic incidents, Brooklyn experienced a 10-percent increase in antisemitic incidents in 2025, totaling 278, compared to 253 in 2024. Physical assaults rose from 32 to 50, representing a new record and one quarter of all antisemitic assaults documented nationwide. Incidents targeting Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn increased 39 percent year-over-year from 38 to 53. 37 of these 53 incidents (70 percent) were physical assaults — a fundamental shift in the threat profile facing the community.
Incidents at Brooklyn business establishments jumped from 23 in 2024 to 40 in 2025.
Examples of incidents targeting Brooklyn residents in 2025 include:
- In April, a Brooklyn resident knocked on a Jewish neighbor’s door and said, “We didn’t kill enough of you Jews.”
- In May, a group chased two Jewish people with a knife while yelling “Heil Hitler” and “Free Palestine.”
- In June, an individual harassed a Jewish man and his children walking home from synagogue, then physically attacked a bystander who intervened.
- Also in June, a Jewish family was attacked by a stranger who grabbed their stroller holding their baby and said, “You guys move [out] of the neighborhood.”
National Trends
New York’s data reflects broader national trends. Nationally, 2025 marked one of the most violent periods for American Jews, with physical assaults reaching record high levels and antisemitic attacks resulting in fatalities on American soil for the first time since 2022 and in Jewish fatalities for the first time since 2019.
Across the country, there were 6,274 incidents of antisemitic assault, harassment and vandalism in 2025, an average of 17 incidents per day. While this total represents a 33-percent decrease from 2024, it remains considerably higher than the total in years prior to the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in Israel, and ranks as the third-highest year for antisemitic incidents (after 2023 and 2024), since ADL began tracking in 1979.
Even as overall incidents decreased nationally, physical assaults increased by 4 percent, and incidents of assault involving a deadly weapon increased by 39-percent. Moreover, three people were murdered in antisemitic attacks this past year: two victims in the May 21, 2025, shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., and one victim who died from injuries sustained in the June 1, 2025, firebombing attack at a "Run for Their Lives" event in Boulder, Colorado.
Methodology
The ADL Audit includes both criminal and non-criminal acts of harassment, vandalism and assault against individuals and groups as reported to ADL by victims, law enforcement, the media and partner organizations and evaluated by ADL's experts.
The complete dataset for antisemitic incidents for 2016-2025 is available on ADL's H.E.A.T. Map, an interactive online tool that allows users to geographically chart antisemitic incidents and extremist activity. The full dataset can also be downloaded by anyone who would like to take a closer look at individual incidents.
ADL is careful to not conflate general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism. Legitimate political protest, support for Palestinian rights or expressions of opposition to Israeli policies is not included in the Audit. As an example, slightly fewer than half of anti-Israel rallies assessed by ADL contained antisemitic content that qualified to be counted within this Audit. ADL's approach to Israel-related expressions comports with the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The complete Audit methodology is included in the report on our website.
The Audit offers a snapshot of one of the ways American Jews encounter antisemitism, but a full understanding of antisemitism in the U.S. requires other forms of analysis as well, including public opinion polling, assessments of online antisemitism and examinations of extremist activity, all of which ADL offers in other reports.
Individuals who experience an antisemitic incident can report it to ADL: https://www.adl.org/report-incident.
ADL is the leading anti-hate organization in the world. Founded in 1913 to protect the Jewish people, ADL works to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and secure justice and fair treatment to all. In the face of rising antisemitism and extremism, we protect, advocate and educate, through a mix of programs and services using the latest innovations and technology, and seek to create a world without hate.