Campaign Against Antisemitism has conducted polling of the Jewish community, undertaken shortly before the Bondi Beach attack, which reveals an alarming level of despair and fury among British Jews.
Being Jewish in Britain
- A majority of British Jews (51%) feel that they do not have a long-term future in the UK. Less than a quarter (23%) do. The results are similar regarding the long-term future for Jews in Europe.
- Almost half (45%) of British Jews do not feel welcome in the UK; less than a third (32%) do.
- A clear majority of British Jews (61%) have considered leaving Britain in the past two years. A majority of them cite the surge in antisemitism since 7th October 2023 as the reason, but almost half also point to general prejudice against Jews in society and antisemitism in political parties.
- 59% of British Jews try not to show visible signs of their Jewishness due to concerns relating to antisemitism.
- 98% of British Jews believe that, since October 2023, the level of antisemitism has increased compared to before. Interestingly, in a recent poll of the British public that we commissioned from YouGov, 51% of the British public said that they believed that antisemitism has increased in the UK since October 2023.
- 96% of British Jews feel that Jewish people in Britain are less safe compared to before October 2023.
Extremism
- Almost all British Jews (96%) consider Islamists to be a serious threat; only 4% do not.
- 92% of British Jews consider the far-left to be a serious threat, compared to less than two-thirds (64%) who consider the far-right to be a serious threat.
- 91% of British Jews do not think that the authorities are doing enough to tackle religious extremism; 89% think that the authorities are not doing enough to tackle political extremism.
Policing and prosecutions
- Fewer than one in ten (8%) of British Jews believe that the authorities are doing enough to address and punish antisemitism. A staggering 88% believe that they are not.
- There is extremely little confidence (10%) that if a British Jew reported an antisemitic hate crime, it would be prosecuted, with 77% of British Jews believing that it would not, even if there is enough evidence.
- On policing, only 14% of British Jews think that the police do enough to protect them; 83% do not.
- Regarding prosecution, only 7% of British Jews think that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does enough to protect British Jews; 76% do not.
- The courts fare little better: only 10% of British Jews think that the courts do enough to protect them; 71% of British Jews do not.
Politics
- We asked British Jews if, overall, they think that the current Government has been good for the Jewish community, bad for the Jewish community, or somewhere in between? A remarkable 80% believe that the current Government has been bad for the Jewish community; only 4% think the opposite.
- More generally, there are precious few British Jews (6%) who think that the Government does enough to protect the community. 93% think that it does not.
- Among political parties, Labour still tops the list of parties that British Jews think are too tolerant of antisemitism among their officeholders, at 81%. But the Green Party is not far behind, at 76%. These are negative trends, coming after the EHRC investigation into Labour and pronouncements on antisemitism in our politics. The Liberal Democrats are at 49% and the SNP at 48%. On the other side of the political spectrum, the Conservatives are 14% (an improvement on last year) and Reform UK at 20% (about the same).
Rhetoric
- 89% of British Jews – a resounding majority – consider anti-Zionism to be a form of antisemitism. Only 8% do not. This puts the lie to persistent, baseless arguments that Zionism and Judaism are unconnected, and that Jewish people should not feel impacted by extremist rhetoric on Zionism.
- 95% of British Jews consider the phrase ‘Globalise the Intifada’ to be a call for violence against Jewish people.
Media and the BBC
- A staggering 93% of British Jews are dissatisfied with the coverage of the Hamas-Israel war over the past two years in the British media.
- 95% of British Jews believe that there should be an independent investigation into the BBC regarding alleged bias in its coverage of matters of Jewish interest, and 72% believe that the licence fee should be suspended, pending such an investigation.
- A majority of British Jews (57%) have considered stopping to pay the BBC licence fee due to concerns about the BBC’s coverage of matters of Jewish interest.
- 83% of British Jews said that complaints regarding BBC coverage should go straight to Ofcom, rather than through the BBC first.
Foreign policy
- Almost nine in ten (89%) British Jewish do not support the funding of UNRWA by the British Government; only 4% do.
- More than nine in ten (91%) British Jews oppose the Government’s unconditional recognition of a Palestinian state.
A spokesperson for Campaign Against Antisemitism said: “A majority of British Jews do not see a future in the UK and have considered leaving. The polling starkly tells how Jews blame two successive governments, as well as inert police chiefs and prosecutors for the explosion of antisemitic extremism which has left two Jews dead and much of the rest of the community reluctantly eyeing the exits. History tells us that when Jews pack their bags, a society is on the brink. This week’s announcement of tougher action over a single chant by only two police forces and a meaningless action plan by the Government is far too little, far too late. After two years of two-tier policing and institutional cowardice, there is still an alarming lack of urgency from the authorities.
“The appeasement of extremists has so far borne the same fruits as it always does: people dead at the hands of Islamists, the growing radicalisation of our children, the crumbling of law enforcement and now a community questioning whether it has a place in this country at all. Until politicians and police chiefs muster the fortitude to act forcefully, Britain will only slide further into the abyss that fanatics have opened up beneath us.”
Fieldwork
Fieldwork was conducted between 3rd and 20th November 2025. In total, 4,490 valid responses were obtained.
Methodology
Our surveys of British Jews were modelled on the National Jewish Community Survey (NJCS) conducted by the Institute for Jewish Policy research. In common with the NJCS, the samples were self-selecting, and respondents were required to self-identify as Jewish and confirm that they lived in the United Kingdom. Like the NJCS, they were contacted primarily through ‘seed’ organisations, including religious bodies, Jewish online networks (including targeted advertising on social networks), and community welfare organisations, among others. In common with the NJCS, the seed organisations were used to initiate a ‘snowballing’ process which, in effect, created a non-probability convenience sample. It was not possible to use a random probability sampling approach for this study because a suitable sampling frame for the Jewish population is not available in the UK.
Our survey is modelled on best practice established by NJCS. All surveys have their shortcomings, and ours shares the shortcomings of NJCS. Even surveys that are based on probability sampling are typically affected by high levels of non-response. Surveys of populations lacking sampling frames, such as this one, are particularly challenging, as is establishing their representativeness. Nevertheless, because we have extremely high-quality baseline statistics available in the UK, it is possible to both accurately weight the data and make reasonable assumptions about where they may depart from the ‘true’ picture.
To this end, responses were demographically weighted for gender, age, region, and religious affiliation. Weights were calculated by Dr Daniel Allington, using the random iterative method on the basis of population estimates derived from the 2021 Census of England and Wales, the 2021 Census of Northern Ireland, the 2022 Census of Scotland, and the 2022 JPR National Jewish Identity Survey. In all cases, account was taken both of those who identified as Jewish by religion and of those who identified as Jewish by ethnicity (although, with regard to Northern Ireland, this involved an estimate based on combined figures for Scotland, England, and Wales).
Full results
All figures are in percentages.
“Jews have a long-term future in the UK.”
Strongly disagree 15.1
Disagree 36
Neither agree nor disagree 25.5
Agree 16.2
Strongly agree 7.2
“Jews have a long-term future in the rest of Europe, outside of the UK.”
Strongly disagree 16.2
Disagree 35
Neither agree nor disagree 28.7
Agree 14.4
Strongly agree 5.7
“In the past two years I have considered leaving Britain due to antisemitism.”
Strongly disagree 10.2
Disagree 16.7
Neither agree nor disagree 12.6
Agree 35.9
Strongly agree 24.6
What are your main reasons for considering leaving the UK? Please select all that apply.
Antisemitism in political parties
Yes 48.6
No 51.4
General prejudice towards Jews in society
Yes 48.9
No 51.1
Antisemitic crime
Yes 41.6
No 58.4
Extremist prejudice towards Jews
Yes 44.5
No 55.5
Terrorist threats against Jewish targets
Yes 42.7
No 57.3
Threats to religious practice
Yes 22.3
No 77.7
Surge in antisemitism since 7th October 2023
Yes 56.4
No 43.6
As a Jew, how welcome do you feel in the United Kingdom, in general?
Very unwelcome 9.8
Somewhat unwelcome 34.8
Neither welcome nor unwelcome 23.4
Somewhat welcome 25.2
Very welcome 6.8
“Due to antisemitism, I try not to show visible signs of my Judaism when I go out, for example a Star of David or a Jewish skullcap (kippah).”
Strongly disagree 9.6
Disagree 12.8
Neither agree nor disagree 9.6
Agree 29.2
Strongly agree 30.1
I do not show visible signs of my Judaism but that has nothing to do with antisemitism 8.8
How serious a threat to British Jews are: Islamists?
Not serious at all 1.8
Not very serious 1.8
Moderately serious 14
Very serious 81.6
Don’t know 0.8
How serious a threat to British Jews are: the far-left?
Not serious at all 2.6
Not very serious 3.7
Moderately serious 26.7
Very serious 65.2
Don’t know 1.8
How serious a threat to British Jews are: the far-right?
Not serious at all 7.4
Not very serious 25.2
Moderately serious 40
Very serious 23.5
Don’t know 4
How serious a threat to British Jews are: other (please specify)?
Not serious at all 4.2
Not very serious 7.7
Moderately serious 15
Very serious 18.2
Don’t know 42.9
“The authorities are doing enough to address and punish antisemitism.”
Strongly disagree 64.5
Disagree 23.1
Neither agree nor disagree 4.2
Agree 2.9
Strongly agree 5.2
“If I reported an antisemitic hate crime, I am confident that it would be prosecuted if there was enough evidence.”
Strongly disagree 39.7
Disagree 37.4
Neither agree nor disagree 12.8
Agree 8
Strongly agree 2.1
“If I were to be the victim of a hate crime, I would report it to the police.”
Strongly disagree 2.9
Disagree 10.9
Neither agree nor disagree 14.1
Agree 38.7
Strongly agree 33.3
We would now like you to think about several British institutions and broad groups of people. Do they do enough to protect British Jews?
Police
Does nothing 13.5
Does much too little 37.2
Does too little 32.2
Does enough 11.3
Does more than enough 1.8
Does much more than enough 1.1
Don’t know 3
Crown Prosecution Service
Does nothing 17.8
Does much too little 35
Does too little 23.3
Does enough 5.2
Does more than enough 0.7
Does much more than enough 0.7
Don’t know 17.3
Courts
Does nothing 15.2
Does much too little 32.3
Does too little 23.5
Does enough 7.9
Does more than enough 1
Does much more than enough 0.8
Don’t know 19.3
Government
Does nothing 31.3
Does much too little 41.2
Does too little 20
Does enough 4.1
Does more than enough 0.7
Does much more than enough 1.2
Don’t know 1.4
Politicians
Does nothing 26.4
Does much too little 43.7
Does too little 21.9
Does enough 3.6
Does more than enough 0.7
Does much more than enough 1
Don’t know 2.6
Jewish community
Does nothing 1.1
Does much too little 4.5
Does too little 17.1
Does enough 31.5
Does more than enough 26
Does much more than enough 15.2
Don’t know 4.6
Local non-Jewish neighbours
Does nothing 17.6
Does much too little 10.9
Does too little 23.3
Does enough 21.1
Does more than enough 3.6
Does much more than enough 1.3
Don’t know 22.2
“As a whole, the authorities, including the Government, criminal justice system and regulators, are doing enough to tackle religious extremism.”
Strongly disagree 60.9
Disagree 29.9
Neither agree nor disagree 5.5
Agree 2.3
Strongly agree 1.4
“As a whole, the authorities, including the Government, criminal justice system and regulators, are doing enough to tackle political extremism.”
Strongly disagree 56.3
Disagree 32.7
Neither agree nor disagree 8.2
Agree 1.9
Strongly agree 1
Do you feel that any political parties are too tolerant of antisemitism among their MPs, councillors, members and supporters? Please select all that apply.
Conservative Party
Yes 13.7
No 86.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Yes 19.6
No 80.4
Green Party
Yes 75.5
No 24.5
Labour Party
Yes 81.4
No 18.6
Liberal Democrats
Yes 48.8
No 51.2
Plaid Cymru
Yes 28.5
No 71.5
Reform Party
Yes 20
No 80
Scottish National Party
Yes 48.3
No 51.7
Sinn Féin
Yes 42.1
No 57.9
Don’t know
Yes 11.9
No 88.1
None of the above
Yes 1.3
No 98.7
Do you consider anti-Zionism to be a form of antisemitism?
Yes 88.8
No 7.5
Don’t know 3.8
Overall, do you think that the current government has been good for the Jewish community, bad for the Jewish community, or somewhere in between?
Very bad 48.2
Quite bad 31.7
Neither good nor bad 15.9
Quite good 3.6
Very good 0.6
If a university cooperated with Campaign Against Antisemitism to address allegations of anti-Jewish racism on its campus, would that make you more or less confident about Jewish life on that campus?
Less confident 3.7
No change in my confidence 21.8
More confident 69
Don’t know 5.4
Do you believe that, since October 2023, the level of antisemitism has increased, decreased or stayed the same compared to before?
It has decreased 0.3
It has stayed the same 1.5
It has increased 97.6
Don’t know 0.6
Do you believe that, since October 2023, Jewish people in Britain are safer, less safe or equally safe compared to before?
Less safe 95.6
Don’t know 0.9
Equally safe 3.1
Safer 0.4
Have any of your family relationships or friendships deteriorated since 7th October 2023 due to antisemitism?
Yes 48.4
No 47.2
Don’t know 4.5
Since 7th October 2023, are you more, less or equally comfortable talking about your Jewish identity with non-Jewish friends?
Less comfortable 60.8
Equally comfortable 31.1
More comfortable 5.6
Don’t know 2.5
“I would not feel comfortable physically or verbally disclosing my Jewish identity in the following scenarios.” Please select all that apply.
At a job interview
Yes 51.5
No 48.5
At a new place of work
Yes 49.6
No 50.4
In a high street supermarket
Yes 51.7
No 48.3
In a restaurant, bar or cafe
Yes 48.7
No 51.3
On public transport
Yes 68.8
No 31.2
In a taxi
Yes 64.7
No 35.3
At a university
Yes 59.3
No 40.7
On or in the vicinity of an anti-Israel demonstration
Yes 76.2
No 23.8
Don’t know
Yes 3
No 97
None of the above
Yes 11.4
No 88.6
Since 7th October 2023, has your daily or weekly routine changed in any way due to concerns relating to antisemitism?
Yes 30
No 66.1
Don’t know 3.9
Do you consider the phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ to be a call for violence against Jewish people?
Yes 95
No 2.6
Don’t know 2.5
Complaints about BBC coverage must first be submitted to the BBC for consideration before they can be submitted to Ofcom, the independent broadcasting regulator. Do you believe that complaints should be submittable to Ofcom in the first instance?
Yes 83
No 7.2
Don’t know 9.8
“There should be an independent investigation into the BBC regarding alleged bias in its coverage of matters of Jewish interest.”
Strongly disagree 0.9
Disagree 1.3
Neither agree nor disagree 3.2
Agree 8.7
Strongly agree 85.9
“Pending an independent investigation into the BBC regarding alleged bias in its coverage of matters of Jewish interest, the licence fee should be suspended.”
Strongly disagree 4.3
Disagree 8.3
Neither agree nor disagree 15.4
Agree 11.9
Strongly agree 60.2
Over the past two years, have you considered stopping to pay the BBC licence fee due to concerns about the BBC’s coverage of matters of Jewish interest?
Yes 57
Don’t know 2.5
No 23.3
Over the past two years I have not been required to pay the licence fee so this is not relevant to me 17.2
How satisfied are you with the coverage of the Hamas-Israel war over the past two years in the British media?
Very dissatisfied 70.7
Dissatisfied 22.7
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 4.3
Satisfied 1.8
Very satisfied 0.5
The British Government suspended and then resumed funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Do you support the funding of UNRWA by the British Government?
Yes 4.4
No 88.7
Don’t know 6.9
Do you support or oppose the Government’s unconditional recognition of a Palestinian state?
Oppose 90.6
Support 4.9
Don’t know 4.5
