For the first time ever, statistics reveal that there are more anti-Semitic hate crimes in London than comparable cases of Islamophobia.

Approximately 2,170 anti-Semitic incidents and 1,568 Islamophobic hate crimes were reported to the Metropolitan Police in the 11 months following the October 7 attack.

Anti-Semitic crimes increased by more than four times as a result of this.

It is about three times higher than the last peak, which was noted in 2020–21, during the time of the preceding Gaza War.Islamophobic crime has also surged, almost doubling in the past year. Hate crimes against Muslims hit their highest point since 2016-17, around the time of the London Bridge terrorist attack.

In August, some 187 crimes against Muslims were recorded, as race riots spread across England.

Asst Commissioner Matt Twist said: “Since October last year we have seen a really concerning rise in hate crime with both anti-Semitic and Islamophobic offences increasing significantly.

“For the past year we have had a dedicated policing operation tackling hate crime in communities, responding to significant protest, countering extremism and terrorism, and working to provide reassurance particularly in parts of London with significant Jewish and Muslim populations.

“As the situation in the Middle East becomes less certain once again, we know that fears and tensions will rise here at home too.”

More than half of the UK’s Jews live in London – some 270,000.

This means roughly eight anti-Semitic hate crimes were reported for every 1,000 Jewish residents. This is eight times higher than the rate for Muslim residents.

The figures only represent crimes reported to the police. Roughly one in four religious crimes go unreported, figures from the ONS crime survey of England and Wales suggest.

The majority of hate reported took place in just five London boroughs: Barnet, Hackney, Camden, Haringey and Westminster.

The first four are home to the country’s largest Jewish communities, notably in areas like Golders Green and Stamford Hill.

The last has seen a number of pro-Palestine protests throughout the year which have been marred with protesters glorifying Hamas’s actions on Oct 7.

Separate figures from the Community Security Trust, a charity which provides security to the Jewish community, showed that between January and June, national hate crime doubled.

This included 1,618 cases of abusive behaviour, 121 assaults and 83 cases of damage and desecration.

Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, has pledged to fight the “resurgence of anti-Semitism”.

Last month, Sir Keir declared that his government will not "shy away from this" and that "we will not be silent" at a Holocaust Education Trust fundraiser dinner. We won't turn a blind eye.

"We will call out anti-Semitism for what it is: hatred pure and simple," he declared to the assembled audience.

And we're going to fight this with all in us. I swear to you that in my leadership role, I will fight just as hard to save my party from the depths of anti-Semitism.