Crime & Safety
Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Surge 214% Amid Israel-Hamas War: NYPD Data
Just eight anti-Muslim hate crimes were counted by cops in October — a tally that doesn't match the 131 received by a local advocacy group.
NEW YORK CITY — Anti-Jewish hate crimes surged more than 200 percent amid the Israel-Hamas war, according to newly released NYPD crime statistics.
Cops recorded 69 hate crimes against Jewish people in October, data published Wednesday shows.
The number of antisemitic hate crimes is 214 percent more than the 22 reported last October, the data shows.
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The same NYPD data shows there were eight anti-Muslim hate crimes last month, compared to zero in October 2022. But those low numbers stand in stark contrast to anti-Muslim or anti-Arab bias complaints received by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, New York.
"CAIR-NY reports 131 complaints in the month since the escalated violence, marking a six-fold increase," a release from the group states.
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Tensions have been high in New York City since Oct. 7, when Hamas forces attacked Israel, slaughtered civilians and took 239 hostages.
The ensuing Israel-Hamas war has seen 1,400 Israeli deaths, mostly on Oct. 7 itself. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed.
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests have erupted across the city since then, along with reported hate crimes against people of each group.
Hate crime investigations jumped 124 percent overall in the city last month, but have decreased 7 percent over the past year, NYPD officials said.
Besides hate crimes, the monthly crime statistics released by the NYPD show the city's recent plunge in violent crimes continued in October.
Here are the numbers for major felonies:
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