Police see sharp spike in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate crimes in past 18 months

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68% : A Jewish charity called the findings "unacceptable", while campaigners against anti-Muslim abuse said they were "not seeing the action to tackle this problem".
53% : Separately, riots and disorder broke out in parts of the UK after the knife attack at a Southport dance studio on 29 July 2024 that left three girls dead. Violent disturbances took place outside a mosque in Southport, a Holiday Inn Express in Manvers near Rotherham that was housing more than 200 asylum seekers, plus a hotel in Tamworth, while anti-immigrant demonstrations occurred in several cities including Bristol, Hull, Liverpool and London.

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