REPORTED incidents of anti-Muslim hate doubled in the week after Tommy Robinson’s far-right Unite the Kingdom rally took place last month.

The Tell Mama charity, which monitors the issue, said that victims reported being told “leave the UK” and “go back to your country” in the seven days after more than 100,000 people took part in the central London rally. 

The 157 incidents amounted to twice the average number recorded between June and September. There were a total of 913 cases over the period, with reports of 17 mosques and Islamic institutions being targeted.

Tell Mama director Iman Atta described the latest figures as “shocking” and predicted that the full year’s numbers could end up surpassing a previous high in 2024, when there were more than 6,000 cases of anti-Muslim hate reported to the charity.

She said: “We are looking at a serious problem of anti-Muslim hatred that is pervasive in parts of our country. This comes at a time when real political leadership on this matter is missing.”

Tell Mama added that, following the Unite the Kingdom rally on September 13, there was both a higher level of aggression directed at Muslim and migrant communities and more fear and anxiety in those communities as a result.

The charity emphasised that the national debate on migration is “having real-world impacts on the lives of people going about their daily activities.”

Earlier this year, Tell Mama, which has been monitoring anti-Muslim hate for more than a decade, confirmed it would no longer apply for money from the government following an apparent funding row.