Police forces see sharp spike in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes

Article from The Independent Co.: Police forces see sharp spike in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes in past 18 months

Some of the largest police forces in the UK have seen a double spike in types of religious hate crime in the past 18 months, with numbers jumping after the start of the Israeli war on Gaza in autumn 2023 and again following the Southport attacks this summer, figures reveal.