A new study released by the Anti-Defamation League says Massachusetts saw the fourth-most reports of anti-Semitic incidents nationwide in 2018.
The overall number is actually down 19 percent from 2017, but still historically high for Massachusetts.
Of the more 140 reported anti-Semitic incidents last year, about 13 percent of them took place in the state's four western counties.
"What we've seen in western Mass. is consistent with what we've seen across the state," said Robert Trestan, head of the Anti-Defamation League's Boston office. "That's a general uptick in in not just anti-Semitic, but hate incidents on [college] campuses."
Trestan said the spike in reports can also be indicative of something other than more incidents.
"Sometimes high numbers are also an indicator that people are not afraid to report something to law enforcement, or to nonprofit organizations, so that action can be taken," Trestan said.
In Connecticut, there were 39 such incidents reported, about 20 percent less than the year before.
Nationally, reports of anti-Semitic incidents were down 5 percent last year, but were the third highest since the ADL started the study in the 1970s.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the overall number of incidents in Massachusetts was down 19 percent from 2018, when it should have said 2017.
