The Community Security Trust recorded the third highest annual tally of anti-Semitic abuse despite lockdown Anti-Semitic abuse recorded by a Jewish community charity fell last year but the number of incidents remained its third highest annual total. The Community Security Trust (CST) says it recorded 1,668 anti-Semitic incidents in the UK in 2020, down from 1,813 in 2019, but still the third highest total it has ever recorded. Out of the 1,668, 20 were in Elstree & Borehamwood, and 941 in Greater London, with more in Barnet than any other London borough. A senior Rabbi says the national figures are "alarming" but added Hertsmere, home to one of the largest Jewish populations in the country, is a "wonderful place" to be Jewish and thanked the authorities and volunteers helping to keep the community safe.