Antisemitic Incidents January - June 2022
Publication Date
Publication Place
Publisher
Abstract
CST recorded 786 antisemitic incidents across the UK in the first six months of 2022, the joint-fifth-highest total reported to CST in the January to June period of any year, equalling 2017’s half-year figure. This is a decrease of 43% from the 1,371 antisemitic incidents recorded by CST in the first half of 2021, which was the highest ever figure reported to CST in the January to June period. CST recorded 875 antisemitic incidents in the first half of 2020, 911 from January to June 2019, and 810 in the first six months of 2018.
The decrease reflects the magnitude of the spike in anti-Jewish hate observed in May and June 2021, during and in the aftermath of the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine. The 661 incidents reported to CST in May 2021 was the highest monthly total ever recorded, brought about by the volume of antisemitic reactions to war in the Middle East. In comparison, the highest monthly total recorded from January to June 2022 was 165 incidents, in May. Without such a seismic trigger event in the first half of 2022, the antisemitic incident total was always likely to drop.
The decrease reflects the magnitude of the spike in anti-Jewish hate observed in May and June 2021, during and in the aftermath of the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine. The 661 incidents reported to CST in May 2021 was the highest monthly total ever recorded, brought about by the volume of antisemitic reactions to war in the Middle East. In comparison, the highest monthly total recorded from January to June 2022 was 165 incidents, in May. Without such a seismic trigger event in the first half of 2022, the antisemitic incident total was always likely to drop.
