In April 2004 the U.K. House of Commons debated the apparent rise of antisemitic incidents and the prevailing antisemitic climate in Britain. Responding on behalf of the Government Home Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart M.P. reported that 'together with the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, the Metropolitan Police is conducting research into such incidents to get a more accurate feel for their nature and to develop a more effective response to them'. We publish online here the findings of that joint research project with a view to understanding more clearly the dynamics of antisemitic incidents recorded by the police in London.*

For the first time in published form, Metropolitan Police Service records of antisemitic incidents in London are analysed and placed in the context of the attention drawn to the increasing problem of street-level antisemitism. Drawing from crime reports for the calendar years 2001-2004, the publication discusses the nature and location of incidents, and the characteristics of victims and offenders, and uses qualitative information in the crime reports to theorise about the social context and potential motivations of offenders.