Britain is committing more than £250 million, approximately $335 million, to a sweeping three-year security operation protecting Jewish communities after a wave of antisemitic violence shook the country.

More than 500 additional police officers will be deployed across England and Wales, concentrating on Jewish neighborhoods, synagogues, schools and community centers. Around 300 officers will serve in London, while approximately 80 will be stationed in Greater Manchester.

The package follows a series of increasingly violent attacks. Four ambulances belonging to the Jewish emergency service Hatzola were torched in London, while two Jewish men were later stabbed in Golders Green in an attack authorities classified as terrorism. Britain subsequently raised its national terrorism threat level to “severe,” meaning an attack is considered highly likely.

Greater Manchester has also remained on heightened alert following the deadly terrorist attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, where two Jewish worshippers were killed. The attack triggered an immediate surge in antisemitic incidents across Britain.

London’s Metropolitan Police will receive £86 million, while £59 million will strengthen national counterterrorism policing. Another £43 million will be distributed among forces serving significant Jewish populations in Hertfordshire, Essex, Sussex, Thames Valley, the West Midlands, West Yorkshire and Northumbria.

The funding will also continue Project Servator, which places specialist uniformed and plainclothes officers in public areas to identify suspicious behavior and disrupt potential attacks before they can be carried out. Police patrols are expected to increase further during holidays, major communal gatherings and other periods of heightened vulnerability.

Jewish security organizations welcomed the announcement while warning that physical protection alone cannot defeat the extremism driving the attacks. Community Security Trust chief executive Mark Gardner said the investment “comes not a moment too soon.” The Board of Deputies of British Jews also called for aggressive prosecutions of those inciting antisemitic hatred and stronger action against extremist networks.

The scale of the crisis is reflected in official community data. The CST recorded 3,700 antisemitic incidents in Britain during 2025, a 4% increase and the second-highest annual total since monitoring began. Antisemitism has remained dramatically elevated since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and the war the terrorist organization triggered.