Reports of anti-Semitic hate incidents in Salford doubled last year according to statistics from the Greater Manchester Police.
In 2022 there were 30 anti-Semitic hate crime incidents recorded in Salford by the police.
In 2023 the number of reported incidents jumped to 71. This is a 129 per cent increase.
There was a noticeable spike in incidents recorded in Salford for the months of October and November last year.
There were 16 anti-Semitic incidents recorded in October in Salford and 15 in November. These incidents happened after or around the same time as the Hamas attacks on October 7.
Overall, the GMP recorded 74 such incidents in Greater Manchester compared with 15 during the same period the previous year.
In response to the increasing incidents, Salford police carried out their ‘Project Servator’ tactic in a number of areas last year. Project Servator is a policing tactic which aims to disrupt a range of criminal activity by implementing officers in certain areas of the community.
Last year, Rabbi Chazan of the Holy Law synagogue in South Broughton, summarised how the policing presence was being perceived by the community.
He said: “The policing presence is definitely reassuring and it is calming tension. However, there is a sense of fear in our community at the moment, people are apprehensive about what is to come.”
Rabbi Chazan also spoke of how some members of the congregation have faced some anti-Semitism since the conflict in the Middle East arose at the start of the month.
“On the 8 October, the day after the first attack, two members of my congregation were walking home late at night after attending a party at my house.
“The two men were walking along the road when a car drove past them, stopped, proceeded to reverse and then tried to run the two men over.
“This was just only one day after the conflict started.”
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