Uptick in hate crimes, antisemitic attacks continues even as NYC hits historic lows in major crimes

Murders and shootings in the Big Apple have continued to hit historic lows so far this year, but hate crimes including antisemitic incidents are only soaring in the five boroughs, new NYPD crime stats reveal.Police said hate crimes jumped by nearly 13% over the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in past years, with anti-Jewish incidents accounting for more than half of them — marring otherwise stellar city crime stats that show major crimes continuing to dip in recent years.The dismal news came as a new poll surfaced showing more than half of Jewish voters in the city fear for their safety, with a troubling 42% saying they’ve been verbally harassed.“Half of Jews saying they feel unsafe is an alarming figure,” said Bradley Honan, CEO of the Honan Strategy Group pollsters.‘“Fifty five percent of Jewish voters say it has gotten worse since October 7th.”Jewish New Yorkers said in the survey they have even changed their daily routines to avoid trouble.NYPD Comissioner Jessica Tisch, who is Jewish, told reporters in announcing the NYPD figures, “The most striking trend continues to be antisemitic hate crimes.“Throughout this year, 53% of all confirmed hate crimes have targeted Jewish New Yorkers, despite Jews making up only roughly 10 percent of the city’s population,” she said.“Those numbers are deeply concerning,” Tisch said.

“On the eve of the third anniversary of Oct.7th, we renew our pledge to Jewish institutions that they will not be left to protect themselves without a strong partner in the NYPD.”Police recorded 463 hate crimes through the end of September this year, up from 410 over the same time span last year, with 245, or nearly 53%, classified of them identified as anti-Jewish, the data show.Those statistics follow a now-familiar pattern that has seen major crimes continuing to dip in recent years while hate crime and antisemitic incidents keep edging upward, particularly since the Hamas terror attack on I...