Antisemitic Hate Crimes on the Rise in NYC This Year While NYPD Touts the Safest Summer on Record
Antisemitic hate crimes rose 8% this year and made up most hate crimes, even as NYPD data showed declines in shootings, burglaries and murders.
- New York City recorded 425 hate crimes in the first eight months of 2026, a 15.8 percent increase from 367 incidents during the same period last year, according to NYPD statistics.
- Antisemitic hate crimes rose 8 percent and account for 53.9 percent of all confirmed bias incidents, despite Jewish New Yorkers representing roughly 10 percent of the population.
- High-Profile incidents include a July stabbing of a Jewish man on the Upper West Side and an August arrest of a 46-year-old man who allegedly disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan, attacking a woman.
- Despite the rise in hate crimes, NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch reported record-low shootings and murders this summer, with 249 shooting victims down from 293 in 2018.
- As the city prepares for the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, police have urged increased security around synagogues and Jewish institutions.
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Despite 'safest summer,' NYC antisemitic crimes surge
Hate crimes in New York City have surged over the past year, with attacks targeting Jews continuing to drive the increase, according to new crime statistics released by the New York Police Department, even as the city recorded its safest summer since crime statistics began being tracked. The figures show a 15.8% increase in confirmed […] The post Despite 'safest summer,' NYC antisemitic crimes surge appeared first on www.israelhayom.com.
Antisemitic hate crimes on the rise in NYC this year while NYPD touts the safest summer on record
Antisemitic hate crimes are up 8% so far this year and make up more than half of the incidents in New York City, even as officials tout record low numbers for shootings and murders, according to statistics released by the New York Police Department on Thursday.
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