A national monitoring group said on Sunday that far-right activity in the past week has surged massively, with the result that threats made to Muslims, including rape and death threats, have soared by a factor of five, while hate crime incidents have tripled. Initial analysis for Tell Mama – an independent monitoring group that tracks complaints of anti-Muslim hate crimes – said that far-right extremism has gone up since Monday, and it is directly proportionate to the “terrification” Muslims in Britain are facing.

The group said the increase in fear being experienced by Muslims is directly related to the extreme far right. The charity said ten mosques have suffered an attack or threat from places of Islamic worship in Southport, Liverpool, and Hartlepool. The charity says citizens are too afraid to leave their homes. And, in particular, women who cover themselves, like hijab, are being threatened on the street. The rises are from base numbers gathered from the week of 26 July to 2 August and compared to the equivalent period last year. The data includes incidents online and in real life.

A spokesperson for the charity said the figure released a year ago was already higher than expected by that point, having increased in the months following the Israel-Gaza conflict. The complete data will be published shortly; the experience of Tell Mama and the Community Security Trust, which monitors hate incidents targeted at the Jewish community, indicates that threats and attacks remain underreported.

According to Tell Mama’s director, Iman Atta, This is a direct consequence of the far right’s misinformation and disinformation after the Southport attacks, which wrongly and negligently associated Muslims with the incident. “It led to far-right anti-Muslim hate marches across the UK and to the far-right mobilizing and spreading more hate online. It is a direct result of the surge in far-right activity.

“The marches and violence are terrorizing communities. Individuals who want to be visible don’t want to go to the mosque. People can have legitimate concerns about immigration, but that doesn’t mean they vandalize mosques or attack or threaten Muslim communities.” The figures are compiled from reports to Tell Mama; police hold their data. Police recorded steeper rises than the CST after the outset of last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict in antisemitic hate crimes.