New York City’s Jewish community continues to bear the overwhelming brunt of hate crimes across the five boroughs, with newly released NYPD statistics showing that more than half of all confirmed hate crimes in the city this year have targeted Jews.

According to NYPD data covering January 1 through September 30, police confirmed 245 anti-Jewish hate crimes during the first nine months of 2026, accounting for approximately 53% of all 463 confirmed hate crimes citywide.

The staggering figure means Jews were targeted approximately 4.7 times more frequently than the next most-targeted category, crimes motivated by sexual orientation.

The 245 anti-Jewish incidents represent a slight increase from the same nine-month period last year, when 242 such crimes were recorded — a rise of approximately 1.2%. During the third quarter alone, however, the NYPD recorded 59 anti-Jewish hate crimes, down 13% from the corresponding period in 2025.

The numbers continue a pattern that has persisted throughout the year.

At the end of June, the NYPD reported 178 confirmed anti-Jewish hate crimes, comprising 55.3% of all confirmed hate crimes in New York City during the first half of 2026. By the end of July, the number had climbed to 205, and by the end of August it stood at 229.

The latest NYPD figures show the enormous disparity between crimes targeting Jews and those directed at other groups. Through September, police recorded 32 confirmed hate crimes targeting Muslims, 31 targeting Black people, 20 based on gender, 16 targeting Asians, 13 based on ethnicity, 11 targeting Hispanics, five targeting white people and one based on age. Another 37 incidents were categorized as religious hate crimes without a more specific designation.

The statistics come amid heightened concern over antisemitic violence and threats against Jewish institutions across New York.

Ahead of the Yomim Noraim, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch acknowledged that while murders and shootings had fallen sharply across New York City, hate crimes were moving in the opposite direction. At the time, the city increased police deployments around shuls, yeshivos and other Jewish institutions.

The NYPD has emphasized that its figures represent confirmed hate crimes, rather than every incident initially reported as potentially bias-motivated. Cases are investigated by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, which determines, in consultation with the department’s Legal Bureau, whether an incident meets the legal definition of a hate crime.

The Anti-Defamation League has separately documented a broader wave of antisemitic harassment, vandalism and violence. ADL recorded a record 976 antisemitic incidents in New York City in 2024 and has highlighted the disproportionate danger facing Orthodox and visibly Jewish New Yorkers. More than half of the anti-Jewish physical assaults recorded by ADL in New York City in 2024 targeted Orthodox Jews.

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