Religion-Based Hate Crimes: A Disturbing Trend

Religion-Based Hate Crimes: A Disturbing Trend

By: Fern Sidman   The latest hate crime statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation have painted a deeply troubling portrait of the state of antisemitism in the United States, revealing that Jewish Americans continue to bear a vastly disproportionate share of religiously motivated hate crimes despite representing only a tiny fraction of the nation’s population. As reported on Tuesday in The Algemeiner, the newly released figures h…

2025 Data on Hate Crimes in U.S. Released

Last week, the FBI released its 2025 Reported Crime Statistics. In a summary of the data, the FBI said that “hate crimes motivated by religious bias accounted for 2,703 single-bias offenses reported by law enforcement.” 62.3% of the religiously motivated hate crime offenses were anti-Jewish. 9.6% were anti-Muslim. 7% were anti-Sikh. 3% were anti-Catholic. The remaining 18% were spread among 10 other denominations or groups. Some hate-crime incid…

FBI report reveals that two-thirds of religion-based hate crimes in 2025 were against Jews in the United States

Almost two-thirds of all religion-based hate crimes in the US in 2025 were against Jews, the FBI revealed in its newly released Reported Crimes in the Nation. According to the data, there were 1,528 antisemitic hate crime incidents recorded last year, constituting 63% of the total. The number of hate crimes targeting Jews was over seven times higher than the next highest target: anti-Muslim crimes (205 incidents). The FBI recorded 1,685 antisemi…