New figures from hate-monitoring organisation Tell MAMA show that 1,031 incidents of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice were reported in the capital between January and the end of June this year.
The figures also reveal a striking longer-term increase. Tell MAMA recorded just 313 reports in London in 2021, rising to 818 in 2022.
Reports have continued to increase since then, reaching a record 1,909 incidents in 2025 — more than six times the number recorded four years earlier.
Iman Atta, director of Tell MAMA, said the trajectory of the figures was particularly concerning, pointing to the increase from just over 300 reports in 2021 to almost 1,100 during only the first half of this year.
Tell MAMA’s verified case data for London shows the rapid increase in anti Muslim reports over the years:
- 313 reports of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice in 2021
- 818 reports in 2022
- 1,028 reports in 2023
- 1,819 reports in 2024
- 1,909 reports in 2025 – the highest annual total on record
The number of anti-Muslim reports in London has grown more than sixfold since 2021. Having risen sharply year-on-year through 2022 to 2024, reports have remained at a historically elevated level through 2025, and the first half of 2026 alone has already surpassed the total recorded across the whole of 2023.
She also warned of increasing repeat victimisation and anger directed at Muslims, which was damaging victims’ sense of personal safety.
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Atta said: “This is not a temporary blip, it is a sustained escalation of anti-Muslim hate, and it demands a sustained and uncompromising no-nonsense response from our public institutions.”
Far-right demonstrations
Concerns have also been raised about increasingly explicit anti-Muslim rhetoric at far-right demonstrations.
At the Unite the Kingdom rally in central London in May, far-right activist Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said that if he became prime minister he would “stop Islam” and declared: “It’s time for many Muslims to leave this country.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office condemned the rise in anti-Muslim incidents.
A spokesperson for the mayor said: “Anti-Muslim hate has absolutely no place in London. The rise in attacks on Muslims in London and across the country is vile and the police have the mayor’s full support in taking a zero-tolerance approach.”
City Hall said Khan had invested a record £16 million in programmes supporting grassroots organisations tackling hate and intolerance as well as services assisting victims of hate crime.
Met police step up
The Metropolitan Police said tackling anti-Muslim hate remained a policing priority and that its enforcement outcomes had increased substantially.
A Met spokesperson said: “We will not tolerate attacks on the Muslim community.”
The force said that during the past 12 months it had recorded a 57% increase in positive outcomes, including arrests and charges, relating to anti-Muslim hate crime.
The Home Office also acknowledged the scale of the problem, saying Muslims across Britain were facing “appalling levels of religious hate crime”.
The government said it was providing up to £77.4 million for security schemes protecting faith communities in 2026/27, including up to £40 million specifically for protective security for Muslim communities.
Tell MAMA’s latest figures measure incidents reported to the monitoring organisation and should therefore not be treated as identical to official police-recorded hate crime statistics.
Nevertheless, the organisation says the sharp upward trajectory indicates that growing numbers of Muslims in the capital are experiencing hostility and prejudice because of their faith.
