Antisemitic incidents in Spain have risen sharply in 2025, according to official figures that point to a broader and sustained increase in hate-related offences across the country.
A total of 2,417 hate-related criminal offences and incidents were investigated by Spain’s security forces in 2025, marking a 23.6 per cent rise compared with 2024 and the highest figure since records began in 2014.
The data, published in the Spanish Interior Ministry’s annual report, highlight a worrying upward trend in antisemitic cases alongside other forms of hatred, including racism, Islamophobia and offences linked to ideology.
Although racism and xenophobia remained the most frequently recorded categories overall, with 934 incidents, antisemitism was among the fastest-growing areas.
The report recorded 69 antisemitic offences in 2025, an increase of 86.5 per cent year-on-year. While the absolute number remains comparatively small, officials underline the significance of the steep proportional rise.
Islamophobia also saw a marked increase of 133 per cent, while offences linked to “disability discrimination” and ideology rose by 90 per cent and 64 per cent respectively. Authorities stressed that, although some categories involve relatively low totals, the acceleration in certain forms of hate crime is particularly concerning.
The report notes that antisemitic incidents, like other hate crimes, are increasingly visible in online spaces, reflecting a broader shift towards digital platforms as a key arena for hate speech and harassment. This trend has raised concerns among policymakers and law enforcement agencies about the speed at which extremist narratives can spread and normalise discriminatory attitudes.
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska presented the findings in Madrid, describing the data as part of the government’s ongoing monitoring of hate crime trends under its national action plan against hate offences. Security forces resolved 65.6 per cent of cases and detained or investigated more than 1,000 individuals in connection with hate-related incidents.
The report also highlights a growing involvement of younger people, both as victims and perpetrators. Minors accounted for 13 per cent of victims, with a 17 per cent increase in juvenile victimisation, while the number of minors involved as offenders rose by nearly 20 per cent.
Most victims of hate crimes in Spain were Spanish nationals, accounting for just over 60 per cent of cases, while among foreign nationals, individuals from Morocco and Colombia were the most affected groups.
Against this backdrop, the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents forms part of a wider pattern of increasing hostility across multiple identity-based categories. However, Jewish communities and monitoring organisations have repeatedly warned that antisemitism, even when recorded in smaller absolute numbers, often carries particular intensity and can act as an indicator of broader societal tensions.
As Spain records its highest-ever level of hate-related incidents, the latest figures are likely to renew debate over prevention strategies, online regulation, and education measures aimed at curbing antisemitism and other forms of discrimination.
