[Report] The Current State of Islamist Terrorism in the UK

[Report] The Current State of Islamist Terrorism in the UK

12 March 2025 | Deep Dive, Threat Landscape

Tags: Introduction Islamist terrorism has been the primary terrorism threat to the UK for approximately two decades, but the threat has evolved greatly in this time. In October 2024, Director General of MI5, Ken McCallum, gave an update on the current national security threats facing the UK. He stated that ‘lone individuals, indoctrinated online, continue to make up most of the threats’ in the Islamist terrorism space. McCallum went on to say the ‘worsening threat from Al-Qaeda, and in particular from Islamic State,’ is the terrorist trend that concerns him the...
[Report] The Current State of Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism

[Report] The Current State of Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism

09 October 2024 | Deep Dive, Threat Landscape

Tags: Executive Summary It is almost certain that Extreme Right-Wing terrorism will remain a significant terrorism threat in the UK in the long term. It is highly likely that the Extreme Right-Wing terrorism threat has evolved away from structured groups to a more disparate online threat. It is highly likely that any Extreme Right-Wing terrorist attack conducted in the UK would be  conducted by an individual. Between 1999 and 2022, all but two of the 14 attacks related to an Extreme Right-Wing ideology were conducted by individuals. It is almost certain that...